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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROSIMIAN

Via New Latin from pro-² + Latin sīmia ape.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PROSIMIAN

prosimian  [prəʊˈsɪmɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROSIMIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prosimian can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PROSIMIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

prosimian

Prosimian

Prosimians are a type of primate that include lemurs, lorises, bushbabies, and tarsiers, but not simians, e.g. monkeys and apes. They are considered to have characteristics that are more "primitive" than those of monkeys and apes. Prosimians are the only primates native to Madagascar, but are also found throughout Africa and in Asia. With the exception of tarsiers, all extant prosimians are in the suborder Strepsirrhini. Because simians are not included in the prosimian group even though they also descend from the prosimian most recent common ancestor, prosimians are a paraphyletic group and not a clade. The adapiforms are an extinct grouping that were both prosimians and strepsirrhines. The omomyiforms are another extinct group of prosimians, but they are believed to be haplorhines, closely related to the tarsiers, but an outgroup to the rest of the haplorhines. The term "prosimian" is no longer used in official taxonomy, but is still used to illustrate the behavioral ecology of tarsiers relative to the other primates.

Definition of prosimian in the English dictionary

The definition of prosimian in the dictionary is any primate of the primitive suborder Prosimii, including lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers. Other definition of prosimian is of, relating to, or belonging to the Prosimii.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROSIMIAN


acromion
əˈkrəʊmɪən
anthemion
ænˈθiːmɪən
antinomian
ˌæntɪˈnəʊmɪən
Bahamian
bəˈheɪmɪən
Bohemian
bəʊˈhiːmɪən
camion
ˈkæmɪən
Crimean
kraɪˈmɪən
cryptogamian
ˌkrɪptəʊˈɡeɪmɪən
didynamian
ˌdɪdɪˈneɪmɪən
Endymion
ɛnˈdɪmɪən
epithalamion
ˌepɪθəˈleɪmɪən
Hieronymian
ˌhaɪərəˈnɪmɪən
hippopotamian
ˌhɪpəpɒˈteɪmɪən
isthmian
ˈɪsθmɪən
Mesopotamian
ˌmɛsəpəˈteɪmɪən
Permian
ˈpɜːmɪən
prothalamion
ˌprəʊθəˈleɪmɪən
Samian
ˈseɪmɪən
Simeon
ˈsɪmɪən
simian
ˈsɪmɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROSIMIAN

proseucha
proseuchae
proseuche
prosier
prosiest
prosify
prosiliency
prosilient
prosily
prosiness
prosit
proslambanomenos
proslavery
proso
prosobranch
prosocial
prosodial
prosodian
prosodic

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROSIMIAN

Adrian
Ambartsumian
Asian
Australian
Brian
Canadian
Christian
edriophthalmian
Hungarian
Indian
Indonesian
Italian
lesbian
neonomian
pandemian
Russian
syndyasmian
the Permian
transisthmian
vermian

Synonyms and antonyms of prosimian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prosimian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROSIMIAN

Find out the translation of prosimian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prosimian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prosimian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

prosimian
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prosimian
570 millions of speakers

English

prosimian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prosimian
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سليف القردة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полуобезьяна
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prosimian
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prosimian
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prosimiens
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prosimian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prosimian
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

原猿
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prosimian
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prosimian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bán hầu nào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

prosimian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रॉस्पेमिअन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prosimian
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prosimian
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prosimian
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

напівмавпа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prosimian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

prosimian
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Prosimian
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prosimian
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prosimian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prosimian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSIMIAN»

The term «prosimian» is normally little used and occupies the 143.264 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSIMIAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prosimian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROSIMIAN»

Discover the use of prosimian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prosimian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology
The collection was inspired by an international conference in Ithala, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in 2007, where prosimian biologists gathered from Canada, Finland, France, Germany, In
Judith Masters, Marco Gamba, Fabien Génin, 2012
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The Study of Prosimian Behavior
G.A. Doyle. 3. Behavior adapted to present environmental conditions, but of such recent origin that it may be somewhat out of step with past morphological adaptations. Two corollaries arise from this distinction. First, any interpretation of the ...
G.A. Doyle, 2012
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Sophisticated Lemurs: Perfect Prosimian Politeness
Overview coming soon.
A.C. Tempel, 2013
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Naturalistic Environments in Captivity for Animal Behavior ...
To provide some answers to these questions, we will describe in detail the indoor facilities in which nocturnal prosimian primates and two large-bodied, diurnal species of lemurs are managed at the Duke University Primate Center (DUPC).
Edward F. Gibbons, 1994
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Primate Laterality: Current Behavioral Evidence of Primate ...
The general phyletic relationship of prosimian to anthropoid primates is illustrated in Figure 2.1. Modern prosimian species are diverse in geographic location, habitat, structure, and behavior. The largest number of individuals and species are ...
Jeannette P. Ward, William D. Hopkins, 1993
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Anthropoid Origins: New Visions
... narrow tibial shaft, an appressed tibia-fibula shaft, and presence of a facet for the fifth metatarsal on the lateral side of the cuboid in parapithecids have been suggested to be "pre-anthropoid" or prosimian features by Fleagle and Kay (1987 ).
Callum Ross, Richard F. Kay, 2004
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Sex Differences: Summarizing More Than a Century of ...
Nature of Any Difference Postpubertal Adult Males PROSIMIAN IN MADAGASCAR& AFRICA Bushbaby: Chiarelli 1972; Coquerel's Mouse Lemur: Kappeler 1997; Fork- marked Lemur: Harvey & Clutton-Brock 1985; Garnett's Greater Bush ...
Lee Ellis, 2008
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New World Primates: Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
If New and Old World monkey visual systems evolved in parallel from a simpler prosimian configuration, the differences observed in one family, the Cebidae, may help identify what the organization was like in the common ancestor. On the  ...
Warren G. Kinzey
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Parenting for Primates
Prosimian mothers, however, are a little different from monkey and ape mothers, especially in nocturnal and solitary species. They regularly “park” their babies on a branch while they go out for an evening of foraging.57 An infant clings to the ...
Harriet J Smith, 2009
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The Journal of the Linnean Society of London: Zoology
If this is so — and the imperfect state of the specimen does not permit me to do more than suggest the interpretation — the position and direction of the sulcus are distinctly pithecoid, and in marked contrast with the Prosimian relations of the  ...
‎1906

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROSIMIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prosimian is used in the context of the following news items.
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Corrigendum: Retrophylogenomics Place Tarsiers on the …
Int J Prim 31, 1071-1082 (2010)] as supporting the prosimian monophyly hypothesis. This citation should refer to Reference 3 [Chatterjee, H. J., Ho, S. Y., Barnes ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo celebrates blessed event
According to the zoo, the pygmy slow loris is a member of the prosimian family, which are generally small, mostly nocturnal primates that are not quite monkeys ... «fox8.com, Jul 15»
3
Lemurs of Madagascar
They evolved there from a pre-monkey, pre-lemur “prosimian” primate ancestor who probably survived a trip across the Mozambique Channel in the hollow of a ... «Voices, Apr 15»
4
College basketball countdown: No. 4 Duke
FUN FACT: Duke is known for its Lemur Center, the world's largest sanctuary for rare and endangered prosimian primates. It houses 15 species of lemurs, ... «USA TODAY, Nov 14»
5
What I learned from hanging out with lemurs
It was founded in 1966 to better understand prosimian primates, and while the mission has since shifted a bit toward outreach and conservation, the center ... «The Week Magazine, Sep 14»
6
Durham's bouncing baby lemurs
Tours of the Duke Lemur Center, the only university-based facility in the world dedicated to the preservation and study of prosimian primates, are in full swing as ... «News & Observer, May 14»
7
Alison Jolly - obituary
With an evolutionary history stretching back over 65 million years, the prosimians are the most primitive of all the primates. While other members of the family ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 14»
8
Scientists map plan to save lemurs
“Lemurs and prosimians in general are facing grave threats, but we now have a good idea about what needs to be done to save these iconic animals,” said ... «Mongabay.com, Aug 13»
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World primate experts focus on Madagascar
Last week around 200 leading experts in prosimian research and conservation – the group of primates that includes lemurs, lorises, tarsiers and bushbabies ... «Jersey Isle News, Aug 13»
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Study says loris endangered by online interest; Cleveland zoo …
Too much online exposure may harm the prosimian Slow Loris in its natural ... Too much online exposure may harm the prosimian Slow Loris in its natural ... «NewsNet5.com, Jul 13»

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