Primates
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
The first Linnean order of
Mammalia
, composed of the four genera
Homo, Simia, Lemur
, and
Vespertilio
, or man, monkeys, lemurs, and bats.
Now, the first or highest order of
Mammalia
, including man, monkeys, and lemurs.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun plural.
The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf.
pitheci
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Plural form of
primate
.
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noun.
an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings