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primate
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primate
n.
any highly developed mammal that engages in complex behaviors and social interaction (such as man, monkeys, etc.); archbishop; high cardinal
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Primate
A primate ( ) is a mammal of the order Primates ( ; Latin: "prime, first rank"). In taxonomy, primates include two distinct lineages, strepsirrhines and haplorhines. Primates arose from ancestors that lived in the trees of tropical forests; many primate characteristics represent adaptations to life in this challenging three-dimensional environment. Most primate species remain at least partly arboreal.
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primate
Noun
1. a senior clergyman and dignitary
(synonym) archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate
(hypernym) priest
(hyponym) Inge, William Ralph Inge, the Gloomy Dean
2. any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
(hypernym) placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
(hyponym) simian
(member-holonym) Primates, order Primates
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Primat (der)
nm.
primacy, superiority, supremacy; supreme authority of the Pope; any highly developed mammal that engages in complex behaviors and social interaction (such as man, monkeys, etc.)
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primate
nm.
primate, any highly developed mammal that engages in complex behaviors and social interaction (such as man, monkeys, etc.)
