adapid

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 102498841)
    is a type of: taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group - animal or plant group having natural relations
    belongs to: order primates, primates - an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
    same as: adapid group

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