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ADAPID GROUP
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins
Synonyms:
Adapid; Adapid group
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Adapid group" is a kind of...):
taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)
Holonyms ("Adapid group" is a member of...):
order Primates; Primates (an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings)
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