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tupaioid, a. (n.)|tʊˈpaɪɔɪd|
[a. mod.L. superfamily name Tupaioidea, f. Tupaia + -oid.]
Of or pertaining to the superfamily Tupaioidea, or resembling a member of this group. Also as n., an arboreal mammal of the superfamily Tupaioidea.
1912Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 583 Its Tupaioid ancestor took to an arboreal life. 1972W. C. O. Hill Evolutionary Biol. Primates ii. 18 The order is remarkable for the persistence..of living forms that illustrate several successive evolutionary steps..from tupaioids to man. |