noun
extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins
• Syn: ↑Omomyid group
• Hypernyms: ↑taxonomic group, ↑taxonomic category, ↑taxon
• Member Holonyms: ↑Primates, ↑order Primates
Useful english dictionary. 2012.