Herrentier

Definitions of Herrentier
  1. noun
    any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
    synonyms: Primat
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    Affe
    any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
    Halbaffe
    primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits
    Lemure
    large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails
    Menschenaffe
    any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae
    Individuum, Mensch, Person, Persönlichkeit
    any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
    Altweltaffe
    of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together
    Neuweltaffe
    hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
    Fingertier
    nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs
    type of:
    Plazentatier, höherer Säuger
    mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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