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Webster 1913 Edition
Primates
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Pri-ma′tes
,Noun.
pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf.
Pitheci
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Primates
Primates
Translingual
Proper noun
Primates
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Euarchontoglires – the primates, including apes and monkeys.
Hypernyms
- (order): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Euarchontoglires - superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Strepsirrhini (with wet noses), Haplorrhini (with dry noses) - suborders