Omomyid

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Omomyid
       n : extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and
           insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50
           million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers;
           some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids
           but others consider them only cousins [syn: {Omomyid


           group}]