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OMOMYID GROUP
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins
Synonyms:
Omomyid; Omomyid group
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Omomyid group" is a kind of...):
taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)
Holonyms ("Omomyid 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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