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Definition of Adapid
1. Noun. 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.
Exact synonyms: Adapid Group
Group relationships: Order Primates, Primates
Generic synonyms: Taxon, Taxonomic Category, Taxonomic Group
Group relationships: Order Primates, Primates
Generic synonyms: Taxon, Taxonomic Category, Taxonomic Group
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adapid
Literary usage of Adapid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1913)
"... in the Adapid;e, as has been done by Schlosser.11 An examination of skulls,
teeth, and limb bones of Adapis and ..."
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