prosimian

a. & n.[动]原猴亚目的(猴)

词形变化

prosimians 复数 prosimians

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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. 1.

    Of or from the prosimian suborder of primates.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

primate

词源

From pro- + simian.

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