LEMUROIDEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lemuroidea mean? 

• LEMUROIDEA (noun)
  The noun LEMUROIDEA has 1 sense:

1. Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii

  Familiarity information: LEMUROIDEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEMUROIDEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Lemuroidea; suborder Lemuroidea

Hypernyms ("Lemuroidea" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Lemuroidea"):

lemur (large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails)

family Lemuridae; Lemuridae (typical lemurs; of Madagascar)

family Lorisidae; Lorisidae (slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia; usually tailless)

family Indriidae; Indriidae (a family of Lemuroidea)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Lemuroidea"):

Daubentoniidae; family Daubentoniidae (comprising solely the aye-aye)

Holonyms ("Lemuroidea" is a member of...):

order Primates; Primates (an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings)