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pri·mate P0557800 (prī′mĭt, -māt′)n.1. (prī′māt′) Any of various mammals of the order Primates, which consists of the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes including humans, and is characterized by nails on the hands and feet, a short snout, and a large brain.2. A bishop of highest rank in a province or country.
[From New Latin Prīmātēs, order name, from Latin prīmātēs, pl. of prīmās, principal, of first rank, from prīmus, first; see per in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, from Middle English primat, from Old French, from Medieval Latin prīmās, prīmāt-, from Latin.]
pri·ma′tial (-mā′shəl) adj.primate (ˈpraɪmeɪt) n (Animals) any placental mammal of the order Primates, typically having flexible hands and feet with opposable first digits, good eyesight, and, in the higher apes, a highly developed brain: includes lemurs, lorises, monkeys, apes, and manadj (Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the order Primates[C18: from New Latin primates, plural of prīmās principal, from prīmus first]
primate (ˈpraɪmeɪt) n1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) another name for archbishop2. (Anglicanism) Primate of all England the Archbishop of Canterbury3. (Anglicanism) Primate of England the Archbishop of York[C13: from Old French, from Latin prīmās principal, from prīmus first] primatial adjpri•mate (ˈpraɪ meɪt or, esp. for 1, -mɪt)
n. 1. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country. 2. any mammal of the order Primates, comprising the three suborders Anthropoidea (humans, apes, Old World monkeys, and New World monkeys), Prosimii (lemurs, lorises, and bush babies), and Tarsioidea (tarsiers). 3. Archaic. a chief or leader. [1175–1225; Middle English primat dignitary, religious leader < Late Latin prīmāt- (s. of prīmās), n. use of Latin prīmās of first rank, derivative of prīmus first (see prime); (definition 2) taken as singular of New Latin Primates Primates, as if ending in -ate1] pri•ma′tal, adj., n. pri•ma′tial (-ˈmeɪ ʃəl) pri′mate•ship` (-mɪtˌʃɪp, -meɪt-) n. pri·mate (prī′māt′) Any of various mammals having a highly developed brain, eyes facing forward, a shortened nose and muzzle, and opposable thumbs. Primates usually live in groups with complex social systems, and their high intelligence allows them to adapt their behavior successfully to different environments. Lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans are primates.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  primate - a senior clergyman and dignitary archpriest, prelate, hierarch, high priestpriest - a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders | | 2. | primate - any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feeteutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupialsorder Primates, Primates - an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beingssimian - an ape or monkeyape - any of various primates with short tails or no tail at allanthropoid - any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominidshominoid - a primate of the superfamily Hominoideahominid - a primate of the family Hominidaemonkey - any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)prosimian - primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habitslemur - large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tailstarsier - nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates |
primatenoun see monkeys, apes and other primatesTranslationsprimate1 (ˈpraimeit) noun an archbishop. 大主教 大主教
primate2 (ˈpraimət) noun a member of the highest order of mammals, ie man, monkeys, apes, lemurs. 靈長目類動物 灵长目类动物
primate
primate, member of the mammalian order Primates, which includes humans, apesape,
any primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, which includes humans; this article, however, focuses on the nonhuman apes. The small apes, the gibbons and the siamang, and the orangutans, which belong to the great apes, are found in SE Asia.
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any of a large and varied group of mammals of the primate order. The term monkey includes all primates that do not belong to the categories human, ape, or prosimian; however, monkeys do have certain common features.
..... Click the link for more information. , and prosimians, or lower primates. The group can be traced to the late Cretaceous period, where members were forest dwellers. As a whole, they are arboreal, although a few species are terrestrial; nearly all inhabit warm climates. All higher primates and some prosimians display some degree of social organization. Primates are very unspecialized anatomically, and the order is more easily described by the evolutionary trends within it, tending generally toward increased dexterity and intelligence, than by specific traits characteristic of all its members. Significant trends have been the enlargement of the braincase, elaboration of the brain and of the sensory pathways to it, flattening of the face and shifting of the eyes to a forward position, development of stereoscopic vision, and increased flexibility of the hands and feet. Nearly all primates have flat fingernails and opposable thumbs and big toes. The prosimians ("premonkeys") are small, arboreal, mostly nocturnal animals. The most primitive, the tree-shrews, strongly resemble the insectivoresinsectivore
, term broadly given to any insect-eating animal or plant. The term also refers to mammals of the former order Insectivora, in which was included the shrew, mole, hedgehog, tenrec, and solenodon.
..... Click the link for more information. , a primitive, unspecialized group of mammals from which primates branched at an early stage of mammalian evolution. The prosimians also include the lemurslemur
, name for prosimians, or lower primates, of two related families, found only on Madagascar and adjacent islands. Lemurs have monkeylike bodies and limbs, and most have bushy tails about as long as the body. They have pointed muzzles and large eyes.
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, name for an aberrant primate, Daubentonia madagascariensis, related to the lemurs but distinguished by its specialized teeth and fingers. A large nocturnal and arboreal primate, it is found in dense bamboo forests in two isolated regions of Madagascar.
..... Click the link for more information. of Madagascar, the lorisesloris,
name for slow-moving, nocturnal, arboreal primates of the family Lorisidae, found Africa and Asia. True lorises, found in India, Sri Lanka, and SE Asia, have round heads, large round eyes, and furry bodies. They have no tails, and their index fingers are vestigial.
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or bushbaby,
name for several small, active nocturnal primates of the Galagidae family, found in forested parts of Africa. Bush babies are also called galagos. The smallest are about 1 ft (30 cm) long, including the long, furry tail.
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, small, nocturnal, forest-dwelling prosimian primate, genus Tarsius. There are at least three species found in the Philippines, in Sumatra and Borneo, and in Sulawesi. Tarsiers are about 6 in. (15 cm) long with a 10 in. (25 cm) hairless tail, and weigh about 4.
..... Click the link for more information. of SE Asia. Monkeys are diurnal animals, generally with flatter, more expressive faces and better developed brains than the prosimians. Like prosimians, they retain the skeletal structure of quadripedal animals and usually walk or run on four feet. The New World monkeys are anatomically distinct from Old World monkeys; most have prehensile tails, and all are arboreal. The Old World monkeys, which lack prehensile tails and include some terrestrial species, are more closely related to the hominoids (apes and humans). The apes (gibbonsgibbon,
small ape, family Hylobatidae, found in the forests of SE Asia. The gibbons are known as the small, or lesser, apes; they are the most highly adapted of the apes to arboreal life. They are highly endangered because of habitat destruction.
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, an ape of the genus Pongo, found in rain forests of Borneo and Sumatra. Highly specialized for arboreal life, orangutans usually travel by grasping branches with hands and feet and moving from tree to tree. Adult males are about 4 1-2 ft (1.
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an ape, genus Gorilla, native to the lowland and mountain forests of western and central equatorial Africa. The two gorilla species are the western, comprising the western lowland (G. gorilla gorilla) and Cross River (G.
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an ape, genus Pan, of the equatorial forests of central and W Africa. Smaller populations are also found in the savannas of the same regions. The common chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, lives N of the Congo River.
..... Click the link for more information. ) are characterized by modification of the upper skeleton for brachiation (arm swinging) and by high intelligence. Tool use and limited toolmaking are found among apes. Humans, of which Homo sapiens is the only living species, have a pelvic structure adapted to upright posture and is characterized by the use of language and by a highly developed ability to manipulate the environment (see human evolutionhuman evolution,
theory of the origins of the human species, Homo sapiens. Modern understanding of human origins is derived largely from the findings of paleontology, anthropology, and genetics, and involves the process of natural selection (see Darwinism).
..... Click the link for more information. ). Primate in the Catholic and Anglican churches, the title of the chief bishops of a given country. For example, in France the archbishop of Rouen is the primate of Normandy and the archbishop of Bordeaux is the primate of Aquitaine. In Great Britain the archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of Great Britain and the archbishop of York is the primate of England. primate1 any placental mammal of the order Primates, typically having flexible hands and feet with opposable first digits, good eyesight, and, in the higher apes, a highly developed brain: includes lemurs, lorises, monkeys, apes, and man
primate21. another name for archbishop2. Primate of all England the Archbishop of Canterbury 3. Primate of England the Archbishop of York primate
primate [pri´māt] an individual belonging to the highest order of mammals, Primates, which includes human beings, apes, monkeys, and lemurs.pri·mate (prī'māt), An individual of the order Primates. [L. primus, first] primate (prī′mĭt, -māt′)n. (prī′māt′) Any of various mammals of the order Primates, which consists of the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes including humans, and is characterized by nails on the hands and feet, a short snout, and a large brain.
pri·ma′tial (-mā′shəl) adj.pri·mate (prī'māt) An individual of the order Primates. [L. primus, first]primate any member of the mammalian order Primates, including lemurs, tarsiers, monkeys, apes and humans. These mammals have a placenta, possess nails rather than claws, and usually have a thumb and big toe which are opposable to the other digits, allowing objects to be grasped. All possess a relatively large brain and have well developed eyesight, often with BINOCULAR VISION.pri·mate (prī'māt) An individual of the order Primates. [L. primus, first]Primate
PRIMATE, eccl. law.. An archbishop who has jurisdiction over one or several other metropolitans. primate
Synonyms for primatenoun a senior clergyman and dignitarySynonyms- archpriest
- prelate
- hierarch
- high priest
Related Wordsnoun any placental mammal of the order PrimatesRelated Words- eutherian
- eutherian mammal
- placental
- placental mammal
- order Primates
- Primates
- simian
- ape
- anthropoid
- hominoid
- hominid
- monkey
- prosimian
- lemur
- tarsier
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