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