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STREPSIRHINI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Strepsirhini mean? 

STREPSIRHINI (noun)
  The noun STREPSIRHINI has 1 sense:

1. in some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemursplay

  Familiarity information: STREPSIRHINI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STREPSIRHINI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Strepsirhini; suborder Strepsirhini

Hypernyms ("Strepsirhini" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Holonyms ("Strepsirhini" is a member of...):

order Primates; Primates (an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings)


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