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- noun zoology Any member of the
family Omomyidae, a diverse group ofextinct primates .
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- 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
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chained_bear commented on the word omomyid
"An extinct tarsier-like primate belonging to the family Omomyidae, known from remains found in Palaeogene deposits in North America and Europe." (OED)
September 9, 2008