Definition of primate Primate
/pɹajˈmejˌt/ - [praymeyt] - pri•mate
We found 12 definitions of primate from 7 different sources.
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What does primate mean?
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NounPlural: primates |
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| primate - any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet | ||
| eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | ||
| order primates, primates an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings | ||
| simian an ape or monkey | ||
| ape any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all | ||
| anthropoid any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids | ||
| hominoid a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea | ||
| hominid a primate of the family Hominidae | ||
| monkey any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians) | ||
| prosimian primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits | ||
| lemur large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails | ||
| primate - a senior clergyman and dignitary | ||
| archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate | ||
| priest a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders | ||
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Wiktionary 
- primate (Noun)
A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians. - primate (Noun)
In the Catholic Church , a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circonscription. - primate (Noun)
In the Anglican Church , an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- primate (a.)
The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop. - primate (a.)
One of the Primates.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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primate
Order of mammals containing monkeys, apes, and human beings. -
primate
In the Western Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion, a bishop with higher rank than a metropolitan archbishop but, in the Catholic Church, with less high rank than a major archbishop.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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primate
prī′māt, n. the first or highest dignitary in a church: an archbishop.—n. Prī′māteship.—adj. Primā′tial
Wikipedia 
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Primates are a group of mammals that contains all lemurs, monkeys, and apes including humans. There are about 400 species of primates.
All primates are similar to humans in some ways. Primates have hands with five fingers, fingernails (most other animals have claws). Primates are split into two groups: Strepsirrhini and Haplorrhini. Strepsirrhini include monkeys, tarsiers, apes, and humans. Haplorrhini include Lemurs and the Aye-Aye.
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🔤- primate, noun, singular of primates.
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