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单词 plesiadapoid
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plesiadapoidn.adj.

Brit. /ˌpliːzɪˈadəpɔɪd/, U.S. /ˌplisiˈædəˌpɔɪd/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Plesiadapis , -oid suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Plesiadapis, genus name (see plesiadapid n. and adj.) + -oid suffix, after scientific Latin Plesiadapoidea, suborder name (A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. (1966) xviii. 215).
Palaeontology.
A. n.
An extinct primate belonging to the suborder Plesiadapoidea.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > primate > extinct > extinct types of
adapid1910
plesiadapid1930
omomyid1958
plesiadapoid1966
plesiadapiform1976
omomyine1978
1966 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. (ed. 3) xviii. 217/2 (heading) Plesiadapoids.
1973 Nature 24 Aug. 518/1 The dental characteristics distinguishing primitive Early Eocene adapids and omomyids from other Eocene mammals are present in primitive plesiadapoids.
1974 B. J. Stahl Vertebr. Hist. ix. 471 The plesiadapoids..became extinct without issue before the close of the Eocene.
1995 Ann. Carnegie Mus. 64 1 Two new genera and species of carpolestid plesiadapoids are described from early Eocene coal beds.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the suborder Plesiadapoidea.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [adjective] > of or relating to extinct or fossil types
adapid1921
omomyine1955
omomyid1958
plesiadapid1966
plesiadapoid1974
1974 B. J. Stahl Vertebr. Hist. ix. 472 A change in the climate is implicated in the failure of the plesiadapoid primates to survive.
1995 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 15 Suppl. 42 (title) Petrosal morphology of Tinimomys graybullensis is plesiadapoid, not microsyopoid.
2002 Science (Nexis) 22 Nov. 1606 Carpolestids are generally considered plesiadapoid plesiadapiforms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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