PRIMATE

Primate

A primate is a mammal of the order Primates, which contains prosimians and simians. 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 mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.
    ''Primates range from lemures to gorillas
  2. A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or large monkey.
  3. 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.
  4. In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.


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