Primates
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
primate1 /ˈprʌɪmeɪt, -mət/
▶noun Christian Church the chief bishop or archbishop of a province.
– derivatives
primatial /-ˈmeɪʃ(ə)l/ adjective.
primatial /-ˈmeɪʃ(ə)l/ adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. primat, from L. primas, primat- ‘of the first rank’, from primus ‘first’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
primate2 /ˈprʌɪmeɪt/
▶noun Zoology a mammal of an order (Primates) including the lemurs, bushbabies, tarsiers, marmosets, monkeys, apes, and humans.
– derivatives
primatological adjective,
primatologist noun,
primatology noun.
primatological adjective,
primatologist noun,
primatology noun.
'Primates' also found in these Oxford entries:
anthropoid
- Australopithecus
- catarrhine
- Homo
- menstrual cycle
- nail
- Oligocene
- patriarch
- platyrrhine
- pollex
- primate
- quadrumanous
