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prosimian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
prosimi-an
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder Prosimii, but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade.

adj

Of or from the prosimian suborder of primates.

Etymology

From pro- + simian.

Inflected Forms

prosimians (plural)

Questions

What does prosimian mean?
A primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder Prosimii, but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade.
Where does prosimian come from?
From pro- + simian.

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