prosimian

  1. Adjective.  Of or from the '''prosimian''' suborder of primates.
  2. Noun.  A primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder ''Prosimii'', but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade.

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