TARSIOIDEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tarsioidea mean? 

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

1. in some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARSIOIDEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

suborder Tarsioidea; Tarsioidea

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Tarsioidea"):

family Tarsiidae; Tarsiidae (coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers)

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

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