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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: Adapid, Adapid group]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Adapid group n 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 [syn: Adapid, Adapid group]