Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Adapid | Yes | No | No | No |
taxonomic category | Yes | No | No | No |
Adapid (noun) | taxonomic category (noun) |
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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 descendants probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins | animal or plant group having natural relations |