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tarsioid

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A tarsier or extinct relative; any member of the infraorder Tarsiiformes

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1991, Hominidae, entry in Joan C. Stevenson, Dictionary of Concepts in Physical Anthropology, page 201, Cope derived anthropoids from an extinct fossil tarsioid; he suggested that apes and humans evolved from a prosimian and skipped the monkey stage. Hubrecht noted that tarsioids were different from lemurs and more like higher primates (monkeys, apes, and humans).

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History

Etymology

From French tarsi(er) + -oid, from Latin tarsus, from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós, “wickerwork mat"; "broad, flat surface"”).

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  • Italian: tarsioideo — Translations