† prosimiousadj.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
= prosimian adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [adjective] > relating or belonging to the lemurs
lemuridous1831
prosimious1858
prosimian1861
lemurine1864
lemuroid1873
lemuriform1887
lemurian1891
1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1023/2 Prosimius, applied by Illiger and Goldfuss to a Family (Prosimii, nom. pl. n.) of the Mammifera, comprehending those which, under different relations, approach the Simiæ: prosimious.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1858- unamiable
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