Meaning of PRIMATES
| Pronunciation: | | prI'meyteez
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| | Definition: | | [n] an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings |
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| | 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: | |  Primates
Describes the group (order) of mammals known as primates. It includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, spider monkeys, baboons, tarsiers, lemurs, aye-ayes, etc. A section at the end of the book discusses the efforts of several important primatologists to learn about and save the habitats of primates, particularly the great apes (chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas). more details ... |
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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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