Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit;
abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago;
their descendents probably include the lemurs;
some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins;
[syn: Adapid, Adapid group]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Adapid \Adapid\ n.
1. 1 extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on
leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30
to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably
include the lemurs and lorises; some authorities consider
them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them
only cousins.
Syn: Adapid group
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Adapid
n 1: extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on
leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30
to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include
the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to
anthropoids but others consider them only cousins [syn:
Adapid, Adapid group]