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Tupaiidae

noun

tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates

• Syn: ↑family Tupaiidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Scandentia, ↑order Scandentia

• Member Meronyms: ↑Tupaia, ↑genus Tupaia, ↑tree shrew, ↑Ptilocercus, ↑genus Ptilocercus

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\\t(y)üˈpīəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Tupaia, type genus + -idae

: a family of small arboreal mammals of southeastern Asia and the Pacific islands that comprise the tree shrews and are held to be insectivores or treated as primates of lowly organization and then placed with the lemurs and tarsiers in the suborder Prosimii

Useful english dictionary. 2012.