PRIMATES

Primates, order Primates

(noun) an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

primates

plural of primate

Source: Wiktionary


Pri*ma"tes, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.

PRIMATE

Pri"mate, n. Etym: [OE. primat, F. primat, L. primas, -atis one of the first, chief, fr. primus the first. See Prime, a.]

1. The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the Primates.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 January 2025

SHTIK

(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”


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