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primate
[ prahy-meyt prahy-mit ]
noun
- Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- Anthropology, Zoology. any of various worldwide omnivorous mammals of the order Primates, comprising, by modern classification, two suborders, the strepsirrhines (lemurs, lorises, and their allies) and the haplorhines (tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes, including humans), especially distinguished by the use of hands, varied locomotion, and complex behavior involving a high level of social interaction and cultural adaptability: many primates are strictly arboreal, but even among the numerous terrestrial species, some arboreal behavior is common.
- Archaic. a chief or leader.
primate
1/ praɪˈmeɪʃəl; ˈpraɪmeɪt /
noun
- any placental mammal of the order Primates, typically having flexible hands and feet with opposable first digits, good eyesight, and, in the higher apes, a highly developed brain: includes lemurs, lorises, monkeys, apes, and man
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the order Primates
primate
2/ ˈpraɪmeɪt /
noun
- another name for archbishop
- Primate of all Englandthe Archbishop of Canterbury
- Primate of Englandthe Archbishop of York
primate
/ prī′māt′ /
- Any of various mammals of the order Primates, having a highly developed brain, eyes facing forward, a shortened nose and muzzle, and opposable thumbs. Primates usually live in groups with complex social systems, and their high intelligence allows them to adapt their behavior successfully to different environments. Lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans are primates.
Derived Forms
- primatial, adjective
Other Words From
- pri·matal adjective noun
- pri·ma·tial [prahy-, mey, -sh, uh, l], pri·mat·i·cal [prahy-, mat, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of primate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of primate1
Origin of primate2
Example Sentences
Later, at the Missouri Primate Foundation, he lived in a cage alongside other chimps but interacted more with the humans who fed him food like Powerade, french fries and doughnuts.
That’s when things started heating up at the Missouri Primate Foundation.
Haddix told them the missing primate, Tonka, had died on May 30 from heart failure.
She later rebranded it to Missouri Primate Foundation and made it a non-profit, but it remained a chimp mill until a friend of Casey’s reached out to PETA.
The reason these bumps are vestigial, and I’m not shopping for a bra with six cups, has to do with changes among our prehistoric primate ancestors.
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