Primate
11primate — ► NOUN 1) a mammal of an order including monkeys, apes, and humans. 2) Christian Church the chief bishop or archbishop of a province. ORIGIN from Latin primas of the first rank , from primus first …
12primate — [prī′māt΄, prī′mit; ] for 2, usually [, prī′mit] n. [ME primat < OFr < LL primas (gen. primatis), of the first, chief < L primus, first: see PRIME] 1. Rare a person with primacy 2. an archbishop, or the highest ranking bishop in a… …
13Primate — This article is about the type of animal. For other uses, see Primate (disambiguation). Primates[1] Temporal range: Late Paleocene–recent …
14primate — primatal, adj., n. primatial /pruy may sheuhl/, primatical /pruy mat i keuhl/, adj. /pruy mayt/ or, esp. for 1, /pruy mit/, n. 1. Eccles. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country. 2. any of various… …
15Primate — Primates Primates …
16Primate — (Del lat. primas, atis.) ► adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino 1 ZOOLOGÍA Perteneciente a un orden de mamíferos caracterizados por tener cinco dedos con uñas planas en las extremidades, y el dedo pulgar oponible a los demás al menos en las… …
17primate — [[t]pra͟ɪmət[/t]] primates (The pronunciation [[t]pra͟ɪmeɪt[/t]] is also used for meaning 2.) 1) N COUNT A primate is a member of the group of mammals which includes humans, monkeys, and apes. The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in… …
18primate — noun /ˈpraɪmeɪt/ a) A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians. Primates range from lemures to gorillas b) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or large mon …
19primate — n. 1 any animal of the order Primates, the highest order of mammals, including tarsiers, lemurs, apes, monkeys, and man. 2 an archbishop. Phrases and idioms: Primate of All England the Archbishop of Canterbury. Primate of England the Archbishop… …
20primate — noun [countable] Word forms primate : singular primate plural primates 1) biology UK [ˈpraɪmeɪt] / US [ˈpraɪˌmeɪt] an animal belonging to the same group as humans, which includes monkeys and apes 2) UK [ˈpraɪmət] / US the name in some religions… …
