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prosimian

prosimian

English

Adjective

prosimian (not comparable)

  1. Of or from the prosimian suborder of primates.

Noun

prosimian (plural prosimians)

  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.

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