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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
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- noun zoology Any member of the Adapidae.
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- noun 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
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Examples
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According to Prof. Gingerich, the fossilized remains are of a young female adapid.
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The latest discovery bolsters the less common position that our ancient ape-like ancestor was an adapid, the believed precursor of lemurs.
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Prof. Gingerich said he had twice examined the adapid skeleton, which was "a complete, spectacular fossil."
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Dr. Gingerich said that the adapid skeleton has neither a grooming claw nor a tooth comb.
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According to Prof. Gingerich, the fossilized remains are of a young female adapid.
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Prof. Gingerich said he had twice examined the adapid skeleton, which was "a complete, spectacular fossil."
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The latest discovery bolsters the less common position that our ancient ape-like ancestor was an adapid, the believed precursor of lemurs.
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Dr. Gingerich said that the adapid skeleton has neither a grooming claw nor a tooth comb.
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It could be, and may be more likely to be, a unique part of the adapid family tree, and I will be very interested to see if the new paper contains a cladistic analysis.
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Critics said that Darwinius appeared to be an adapid - an extinct group more closely related to modern lemurs than to anthropoids.
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