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SUBORDER LEMUROIDEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii
Synonyms:
Lemuroidea; suborder Lemuroidea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("suborder Lemuroidea" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "suborder 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 "suborder Lemuroidea"):
Daubentoniidae; family Daubentoniidae (comprising solely the aye-aye)
Holonyms ("suborder Lemuroidea" is a member of...):
order Primates; Primates (an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings)
