Crossword clues for adapid
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adapid \Adapid\ n. 1. 1 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.
Syn: Adapid group
Wiktionary
n. (context zoology English) Any member of the Adapidae.
Usage examples of "adapid".
His upper lip was furry and mobile, making his face more expressive than those of earlier adapid species.
This adapid generally stuck to the deeper forest where its slowness was not as disadvantageous as it would be on more open ground.
The lorislike adapid had a shield of thickened skin over bony bumps on its back, beneath which it now tucked its head.
But the crowders, like their common adapid ancestors, relied heavily on the caterpillars and grubs they snatched from the branches, and they had sharp, narrow teeth to process their insect prey.
But here in the forest canopy there were many adapids, cousins of the notharctus.
But here in the forest canopy there were many adapids, cousins of the notharctus.
But the crowders, like their common adapid ancestors, relied heavily on the caterpillars and grubs they snatched from the branches, and they had sharp, narrow teeth to process their insect prey.