| 单词 |
adapid |
| 释义 |
adapid, n. and a. Palæont.|ˈædəpɪd| [f. mod.L. Adap-is rabbit, of unkn. origin (adopted as a generic name by G. Cuvier 1822, in Ossemens Fossiles (ed. 2) III. 265) + -id3.] A. n. A member of the extinct family Adapidæ of lemur-like primates, known from Eocene fossils in Europe, North America, and Asia. B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating this animal.
1933A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleont. xxiii. 416 The adapids are obviously proper ancestors for the typical lemurs. 1945Ibid. (ed. 2) xxix. 559 To cite this list is to cite..a number of the late Paleocene and Eocene families such as..adapid lemurs. 1973[see plesiadapoid n. and a.]. 1977Univ. Michigan Contrib. Mus. Paleont. xxiv. 246 The North American adapid subfamily Notharctinae evolved independently. |

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