tarsioid

== English == === Etymology === From French tarsi(er) +‎ -oid, from Latin tarsus, from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós, “wickerwork mat"; "broad, flat surface"”). === Noun === tarsioid (plural tarsioids) A tarsier or extinct relative; any member of the infraorder Tarsiiformes 1991, Hominidae, entry in Joan C. Stevenson, Dictionary of Concepts in Physical Anthropology, page 201, Cope derived anthropoids from an extinct fossil tarsioid; he suggested that apes and humans evolved from a prosimian and skipped the monkey stage. Hubrecht noted that tarsioids were different from lemurs and more like higher primates (monkeys, apes, and humans). ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === otariids, triodias