"prosimian" meaning in English

See prosimian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró)der. English pro- English simian English prosimian From pro- + simian. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|pro-<id:before>|simian|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró)der. English pro- English simian English prosimian [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "toward", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "fare", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pér", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-o", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pró", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πρό", "gloss" : "before", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "pro-", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "simian", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "prosimian", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="prosimian"> From pro- + simian., {{ety|en|:af|pro-<id:before>|simian|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró)der. English pro- English simian English prosimian From pro- + simian. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} prosimian (not comparable)
  1. Of or from the prosimian suborder of primates. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-prosimian-en-adj-EtxLtTHY

Noun

Forms: prosimians [plural]
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  1. A primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder Prosimii, but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade. Translations (primate suborder): prosimi [masculine] (Catalan), puoliapina (Finnish), Halbaffen (German), małpiatka [feminine] (Polish), полуобезья́на (poluobezʹjána) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-prosimian-en-noun-XCF19xQl Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pro- (before), Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Prosimians Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pro- (before): 23 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Prosimians: 18 82

Inflected forms

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}

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