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STREPSIRHINI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Strepsirhini mean?
• STREPSIRHINI (noun)
The noun STREPSIRHINI has 1 sense:
1. in some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemurs
Familiarity information: STREPSIRHINI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemurs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Strepsirhini; suborder Strepsirhini
Hypernyms ("Strepsirhini" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Holonyms ("Strepsirhini" is a member of...):
order Primates; Primates (an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings)
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