lemuroidea (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Lemuroidea*:
NOUN	animal	Lemuroidea, suborder Lemuroidea	Lemuridae

English > *Lemuroidea*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii.
Synonym	suborder Lemuroidea
Member of	Primates, order Primates	An animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
Members	Indriidae, family Indriidae	A family of Lemuroidea
	Lemuridae, family Lemuridae	typical lemurs
	Lorisidae, family Lorisidae	slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia
	lemur	large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails
Narrower	Daubentoniidae, family Daubentoniidae	Comprising solely the aye-aye
Broader	animal order	The order of animals
Spanish	lemúridos
Catalan	lemúrids, Lemuroidea

HyperDic: lemuroidea