ADAPID GROUP as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • 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 co
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Adapid group is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower