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tarsioids

tarsioids is the plural of tarsioid.

Meaning of tarsioid

Noun

tarsioid (plural tarsioids)

  1. A tarsier or extinct relative; any member of the infraorder Tarsiiformes
    • Among the short-lived northerners were Metacheiromys, whose South American cousins survive today in the order of armadillos, anteaters and sloths, and the early primates — lemurs like Notharctus and tarsioids like Tetonius.1953 October 19, Lincoln Barnett, “The Age of Mammals”, in LIFE, page 95

Questions about tarsioids

What is tarsioids the plural of?
Tarsioids is the plural of tarsioid.

Words near tarsioids in the dictionary

  1. tarsiid
  2. tarsiids
  3. tarsiiform
  4. tarsiiforms
  5. tarsioid
  6. tarsioids
  7. tarsipedid
  8. tarsipedids
  9. tarsitis
  10. Tarskavaig
  11. Tarski

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