primate

pri·mate  (prmt, -mt)

n.

1. (prmt) A mammal of the order Primates, which includes the anthropoids and prosimians, characterized by refined development of the hands and feet, a shortened snout, and a large brain.

2. A bishop of highest rank in a province or country.

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[From New Latin Prmts, order name, from Latin prmts, pl. of prms, principal, of first rank, from prmus, first; see per¹ in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, from Middle English primat, from Old French, from Medieval Latin prms, prmt-, from Latin.]

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pri·matial (-mshl) adj.

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primate ¹

Noun

a mammal with flexible hands and feet and a highly developed brain, such as a monkey, an ape, or a human being

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primate ²

Noun

an archbishop [Latin primas principal]

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primate  (prmt)

Any of various mammals of the order Primates, 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 priest priest - 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 feet eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials order Primates, Primates - an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings simian - an ape or monkey ape - any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all anthropoid - any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids hominoid - a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea hominid - a primate of the family Hominidae monkey - any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians) prosimian - primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits lemur - large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails tarsier - 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

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primate

noun see see, monkeys, apes and other primates

Translations

primate n [ˈpraɪmɪt] (REL) → primado

n [ˈpraɪmeɪt] (ZOOL) → primate m

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primate n (Rel) [ˈpraɪmɪt] → primat m;

(Zool) [ˈpraɪmeɪt] → primate m

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primate [ˈpraɪmɪt] n (Zool) → Primat m;

(Rel) → Primas m

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primate n (REL) [ˈpraɪmɪt], (ZOOL) [ˈpraɪmeɪt] → primate m

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primate¹

n primate [ˈpraimeit]

an archbishop. aartsbiskop رَئيس أساقِفَه архиепископ arcibiskup ærkebiskop der Primas αρχιεπίσκοπος primado peapiiskop اسقف اعظم arkkipiispa primat אַרכִיבִישוֹף धर्माधिपति prímás (egyházi) uskup agung erkibiskup primate 大司教 대주교 arkivyskupas arhibīskaps ketua biskop primaat erkebiskop prymas primaz arhi­episcop примас arcibiskup nadškof arhiepiskop primas, ärkebiskop หัวหน้าของบิชอพ başpiskopos 大主教 архієпископ لاٹ پادري tổng giám mục 大主教