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Adapis

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Translingual

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Etymology

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Not from Greek; used in taxonomy by Cuvier, who attributed it to Gesner (see [1]), who in turn claims to have derived it from an Aramaic word for a rabbit.[2]

Proper noun

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†Adapis m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Adapidae – an extinct primate from the Eocene of Europe.

References

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