English noun: Omomyid group | |||
1. | Omomyid group (animal) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group | ||
Member meronym | order Primates, Primates | ||