Omomyid group

Omomyid group
noun
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
Syn: ↑Omomyid
Hypernyms: ↑taxonomic group, ↑taxonomic category, ↑taxon
Member Holonyms: ↑Primates, ↑order Primates

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