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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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adapid \Adapid\ n. 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 and lorises; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins. Syn: Adapid group [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Adapid 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]