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