adapisoriculid

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adapisoriculid (plural adapisoriculids)

  1. An extinct eutherian mammal of the family †Adapisoriculidae.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 52:
      The most abundant were fifteen-centimetre-long nocturnal eaters of insects and fruit known as adapisoriculids.