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Definition of Primates
1. Noun. An animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings.
Exact synonyms: Order Primates
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Eutheria, Subclass Eutheria
Member holonyms: Primate, Anthropoidea, Suborder Anthropoidea, Prosimii, Suborder Prosimii, Adapid, Adapid Group, Lemuroidea, Suborder Lemuroidea, Strepsirhini, Suborder Strepsirhini, Omomyid, Omomyid Group, Suborder Tarsioidea, Tarsioidea
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Eutheria, Subclass Eutheria
Member holonyms: Primate, Anthropoidea, Suborder Anthropoidea, Prosimii, Suborder Prosimii, Adapid, Adapid Group, Lemuroidea, Suborder Lemuroidea, Strepsirhini, Suborder Strepsirhini, Omomyid, Omomyid Group, Suborder Tarsioidea, Tarsioidea
Definition of Primates
1. n. pl. The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.
Definition of Primates
1. primate [n] - See also: primate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primates
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