adapid (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Adapid*:
NOUN	animal	Adapid, Adapid group	extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit

English > *Adapid*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	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.
Synonym	Adapid group
Member of	Primates, order Primates	An animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
Broader	taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon	animal or plant group having natural relations
Spanish	adápidos

HyperDic: adapid