suborder Lemuroidea
- noun
- /ˈsʌbˌɔrdər ləˈmʊrɪˌoʊdɪə/
- Archaic
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suborden Lemuroidea
- In older zoological texts, lemurs and lorises were often classified under the suborder Lemuroidea.
Examples
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The aye-aye, an unusual primate from Madagascar, was traditionally placed in the suborder Lemuroidea.
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Some taxonomists treat the suborder Lemuroidea as synonymous with Prosimii, while others distinguish between the two.
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The suborder Lemuroidea includes various species of lemurs.
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Did you know that the suborder Lemuroidea is primarily found in Madagascar?
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In older zoological texts, lemurs and lorises were often classified under the suborder Lemuroidea.
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The aye-aye, an unusual primate from Madagascar, was traditionally placed in the suborder Lemuroidea.
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Some taxonomists treat the suborder Lemuroidea as synonymous with Prosimii, while others distinguish between the two.
Synonyms
A group of primates from Madagascar that includes lemurs and related animals
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a directly compositional taxonomic noun phrase: 'suborder' names the classification rank and 'Lemuroidea' names the specific group, so the overall meaning (the suborder called Lemuroidea containing lemurs and related primates) is immediately derivable from the parts. Taxonomic constructions like 'suborder X' are regular and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand it.
Etymology
Suborder Lemuroidea comes from the word suborder, meaning a smaller group inside a big group of animals, and Lemuroidea, made from lemur plus the ending -oidea which means 'like' or 'group'. So the name literally means 'a subgroup of animals like lemurs', which is why it was used for a group that included lemurs, lorises, aye-ayes and indriids.
