Adapid in English dictionary

  • Adapid

    Meanings and definitions of "Adapid"

    • noun
      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

    Synonyms of "Adapid" in English dictionary

    Another word for "Adapid" in the English thesaurus is Adapid group.

    • Adapid group

      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

  • adapid

    Meanings and definitions of "Adapid"

    • noun
      (zoology)
      Any member of the Adapidae.

    Synonyms of "Adapid" in English dictionary

    taxonomic category, Adapid group, taxon are the top synonyms of "Adapid" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Adapid

    • adapid (plural adapids)

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