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Definition of Prosimian
1. Noun. Primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits.
Definition of Prosimian
1. Adjective. Of or from the '''prosimian''' suborder of primates. ¹
2. Noun. A primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder ''Prosimii'', but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prosimian
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosimian
Literary usage of Prosimian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1906)
"... and in marked contrast with the prosimian relations of the central sulcus.
Perhaps the most interesting feature in this cast is the existence of a ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1907)
"... and had outgrown the nocturnal habits of the immediately preceding line of
animals represented by the prosimian (half-apes of Madagascar). ..."
3. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"... prosimian into an ape, let us turn next to consider how man himself was fashioned.
* * THE ORIGIN OF MAN. In the remote Oligocene, ..."
4. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, Bennett J. Cohen, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Weights range from less than l kg for some of the New World and prosimian species
to 45 kg or more for some of the apes (Table 23, col. 2). ..."
5. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1899)
"... exhibited in the Hunterian Museum, fully bear out the conclusion, that the
vast differences noted obtain throughout the prosimian division of the ..."
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