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TARSIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tarsiidae mean?
• TARSIIDAE (noun)
The noun TARSIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers
Familiarity information: TARSIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Tarsiidae; Tarsiidae
Hypernyms ("Tarsiidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Tarsiidae"):
genus Tarsius; Tarsius (type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae)
Holonyms ("Tarsiidae" is a member of...):
suborder Tarsioidea; Tarsioidea (in some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii)
Context examples
Any haplorhine primate not belonging to the family Tarsiidae, Hylobatidae, Pongidae, or Hominidae; this does not correspond to any taxon.
(Monkey, NCI Thesaurus)
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