primates
English Thesaurus
1. an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | animal order, |
| definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | primate, |
| definition | : | any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | prosimii, suborder prosimii, |
| definition | : | not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | adapid, adapid group, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | lemuroidea, suborder lemuroidea, |
| definition | : | Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | strepsirhini, suborder strepsirhini, |
| definition | : | in some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemurs (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | omomyid, omomyid group, |
| definition | : | extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins (noun.animal) |
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