Usually means: Primitive primates, including lemurs, lorises.
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  1. prosimian: Merriam-Webster
  2. prosimian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. prosimian: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. prosimian: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. prosimian: Wordnik
  7. prosimian: Wiktionary
  8. prosimian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. prosimian: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. prosimian: Dictionary.com
  11. Prosimian: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. prosimian: Rhymezone
  13. prosimian: FreeDictionary.org
  14. prosimian: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. prosimian: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. prosimian: Evolution Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (prosimian)

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.
adjective:  Of or from the prosimian suborder of primates.

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