primate
Definitions of primate
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any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feetexamples:Lucyincomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974types:simioan ape or monkeyantropoideany member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominidshomínidoa primate of the superfamily Hominoideahomínidoa primate of the family Hominidaesimioany of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)prosimioprimitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habitslémurlarge-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tailstársidonocturnal 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 vertebrateshombre, humano, ser humanoany living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriageaustralopitecoany of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years agotype of:placentariomammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of eventstypes:famosoa widely known personexcelenciaa title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'figuraa well-known or notable personmundanoa socially prominent personsola person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etcarchipámpano, dignatario, dignidad, dignitario, notablean important or influential (and often overbearing) personinmortala person (such as an author) of enduring famepersonalidada person of considerable prominencetype of:
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