English Explanatory Dictionary

prosimian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
adj
  1. Of or from the prosimian suborder of primates.

Word forms

prosimian prosimians

Etymology

From pro- + simian.

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