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Prosimian Moderate

Prosimian has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits

2

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.

Adjective
1

Of or from the prosimian suborder of primates.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
primate
Rhyming Words
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