"tarsioid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tarsioids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tarsioid (plural tarsioids)
  1. A tarsier or extinct relative; any member of the infraorder Tarsiiformes Categories (lifeform): Prosimians Translations (Translations): tarsioideo [masculine] (Italian)

Inflected forms

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