Adapid

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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 and lorises; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Adapid - 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 group order Primates, Primates - an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group - animal or plant group having natural relations