Meaning of PRIMATES
| Pronunciation: | | prI'meyteez
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[n] an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings |
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PRIMATES is a 8 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | order Primates |
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| | See Also: | | Adapid, Adapid group, animal order, Anthropoidea, Eutheria, Lemuroidea, Omomyid, Omomyid group, primate, Prosimii, Strepsirhini, subclass Eutheria, suborder Anthropoidea, suborder Lemuroidea, suborder Prosimii, suborder Strepsirhini, suborder Tarsioidea, Tarsioidea | |
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| | Definition: | | \Pri*ma"tes\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with
the apes and monkeys. Cf. {Pitheci}.
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| | Definition: | | order of the class Mammalia that includes the living prosimians, tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, lesser apes, great apes, and humans. |
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