Adapidae

plural noun

Adap·​i·​dae

ə-ˈda-pə-ˌdē

: a family of extinct lemuroid primates widely distributed in the northern hemisphere during the Eocene and generally considered to be ancestral to modern lemurs

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Adapid-, Adapis, type genus + -idae

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

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