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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


SynonymsAdapid


Broader (hypernym)taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group


Member meronymorder Primates, Primates









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