Definition of "adapid" []

• Any member of the Adapidae. (noun)

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• "Prof. Gingerich said he had twice examined the adapid skeleton, which was "a complete, spectacular fossil.""
• "According to Prof. Gingerich, the fossilized remains are of a young female adapid."
• "Dr. Gingerich said that the adapid skeleton has neither a grooming claw nor a tooth comb."