omomyid

English

Noun

omomyid (plural omomyids)

1. (zoology) Any member of the family †Omomyidae, a diverse group of extinct primates.
   • 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 64:

     In Europe, beavers, hamsters, hedgehogs and rhinoceroses are migrating in from Asia, wiping out native European groups like omomyids, the nocturnal relatives of tarsiers and monkeys, and several families of hoofed mammal.

Related terms

• omomyine