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Prosimians is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Prosimians in a sentence

Prosimians meaning

plural of prosimian

Using Prosimians

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of prosimian

Context around Prosimians

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

tarsier 1×

Often after:

colobine 1×

Sentence patterns with Prosimians

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

non tarsier prosimians and the 1× prosimians are distinguished 1× some prosimians colobine monkeys 1× the prosimians on the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

more recently taxonomists 1× prosimians are distinguished 1× some prosimians colobine 1× the prosimians on 1×

Common sentence endings:

a paraphyletic taxon 1× and the simians 1× lower front teeth 1× use this system 1×

Words around Prosimians

Just before it in the word index:

prosign 2 prosight 3 prosiebensat 4 prosieben 3 proshares 53 proshare 44

Just after it in the word index:

prosinecki 2 proskauer 2 proslavery 3 proso 14 prosocial 7 prosodia 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Prosimians

  • In this selection, "prosimians" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, tarsier and colobine stand out and add context to how "prosimians" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include non tarsier prosimians and the and prosimians are distinguished. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "prosimians" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with prosimians

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Some prosimians, colobine monkeys and callitrichid monkeys use this system. (10 words)

The "prosimians", on the other hand, form a paraphyletic taxon. (10 words)

Prosimians are distinguished by their immobilized upper lips, the moist tip of their noses and forward-facing lower front teeth. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

More recently, taxonomists have preferred to split primates into the suborder Strepsirrhini, or wet-nosed primates, consisting of non-tarsier prosimians, and the suborder Haplorhini, or dry-nosed primates, consisting of tarsiers and the simians. (35 words)

Prosimians are distinguished by their immobilized upper lips, the moist tip of their noses and forward-facing lower front teeth. (20 words)

Some prosimians, colobine monkeys and callitrichid monkeys use this system. (10 words)

Example sentences (4)

More recently, taxonomists have preferred to split primates into the suborder Strepsirrhini, or wet-nosed primates, consisting of non-tarsier prosimians, and the suborder Haplorhini, or dry-nosed primates, consisting of tarsiers and the simians.

Prosimians are distinguished by their immobilized upper lips, the moist tip of their noses and forward-facing lower front teeth.

Some prosimians, colobine monkeys and callitrichid monkeys use this system.

The "prosimians", on the other hand, form a paraphyletic taxon.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "prosimians" in a sentence?
An example: "More recently, taxonomists have preferred to split primates into the suborder Strepsirrhini, or wet-nosed primates, consisting of non-tarsier prosimians, and the suborder Haplorhini, or dry-nosed primates, consisting of tarsiers and the simians." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "prosimians" from authentic English texts.
What does "prosimians" mean?
Prosimians means: plural of prosimian
How many example sentences with "prosimians" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "prosimians", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.