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Prosimii — noun not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea • Syn: ↑suborder Prosimii • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Primates, ↑order… … Useful english dictionary
suborder Tarsioidea — noun in some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii • Syn: ↑Tarsioidea • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Primates, ↑order Primates • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
suborder Lemuroidea — noun Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii • Syn: ↑Lemuroidea • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Hyponyms: ↑Daubentoniidae, ↑family… … Useful english dictionary
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
order Primates — noun an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings • Syn: ↑Primates • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria, ↑subclass Eutheria • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Primates — noun an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑order Primates • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria, ↑subclass Eutheria … Useful english dictionary
Tarsioidea — noun in some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii • Syn: ↑suborder Tarsioidea • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Primates, ↑order Primates • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Prosimian — Prosimians are the most primitive extant primates; they have characteristics similar to forms that were ancestral to monkeys, apes and humans. Prosimians are the only primates native to Madagascar, and are also found in Africa and Southeast Asia … Wikipedia
prosimian — noun Etymology: New Latin Prosimii, from 1pro + Latin simia ape more at simian Date: circa 1890 any of a suborder (Prosimii) of lower primates (as lemurs and tarsiers) • prosimian adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
prosimian — noun primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits • Hypernyms: ↑primate • Member Holonyms: ↑Prosimii, ↑suborder Prosimii … Useful english dictionary
