primate
Definitions of primate
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any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feettypes:babouinany of various primates with short tails or no tail at allhominidéa primate of the family Hominidaesingeany of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)singe anthropoïdeany tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidaehomme, être humainany living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriagesinge du vieux mondeof Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close togethersinge du nouveau mondehairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tailstype of:euthérien, mammifère euthérien, mammifère placentèremammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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