primate

/prahy-meyt or, especially for 1, prahy-mit/US // ˈpraɪ meɪt or, especially for 1, ˈpraɪ mɪt //UK // (ˈpraɪmeɪt) //

灵长类动物,灵长类,灵长动物,灵长

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- : Anthropology, Zoology. any of various worldwide omnivorous mammals of the order Primates, comprising, by modern classification, two suborders, the strepsirrhines and the haplorhines, especially distinguished by the use of hands, varied locomotion, and complex behavior involving a high level of social interaction and cultural adaptability: many primates are strictly arboreal, but even among the numerous terrestrial species, some arboreal behavior is common.
- : Archaic. a chief or leader.

nounorder of mammals

Forms: primates

Synonyms

Genetic studies of living primates have suggested that gibbon ancestors emerged by at least 20 million years ago in Africa.
Most reporters, myself included, were expecting non-human primates.
Our family, the hominids, included other primates that walked the Earth on two legs.
So to understand why men are taller than women, we may need to understand why we experience puberty when we do and what drives differences in estrogen use between primates.
At the time, no one knew that someone’s sneeze can infect local primates with colds and other viral diseases.
No matter the name, the purported “anomalous primate” has long been the subject of a cycle of stories and skepticism.
The results are in and Homo habilis, our primate forebear, has won another round.
Believed to be around 16 years old at the time, the primate had endured a life in the entertainment business.
But first a word on human lice, a noble symbiote who has been working the primate circuit for millions of years.
The well-dressed primate that stormed a Canadian IKEA over the weekend has been photo shopped into a Marc Jacobs ad on Tumblr.
The Primate evidently thought all fat things should be reserved for Englishmen like himself.
Sir G. Gostwick soon after laid charges against the archbishop, which Henry quashed, and the primate was willing to forgive.

/prahy-meyt or, especially for 1, prahy-mit/US // ˈpraɪ meɪt or, especially for 1, ˈpraɪ mɪt //UK // (ˈpraɪmeɪt) //

灵长类动物,灵长类,灵长动物,灵长

n.名词 noun

1
- : Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- : Anthropology, Zoology. any of various worldwide omnivorous mammals of the order Primates, comprising, by modern classification, two suborders, the strepsirrhines and the haplorhines, especially distinguished by the use of hands, varied locomotion, and complex behavior involving a high level of social interaction and cultural adaptability: many primates are strictly arboreal, but even among the numerous terrestrial species, some arboreal behavior is common.
- : Archaic. a chief or leader.

nounorder of mammals

Forms: primates

Synonyms

Genetic studies of living primates have suggested that gibbon ancestors emerged by at least 20 million years ago in Africa.
Most reporters, myself included, were expecting non-human primates.
Our family, the hominids, included other primates that walked the Earth on two legs.
So to understand why men are taller than women, we may need to understand why we experience puberty when we do and what drives differences in estrogen use between primates.
At the time, no one knew that someone’s sneeze can infect local primates with colds and other viral diseases.
No matter the name, the purported “anomalous primate” has long been the subject of a cycle of stories and skepticism.
The results are in and Homo habilis, our primate forebear, has won another round.
Believed to be around 16 years old at the time, the primate had endured a life in the entertainment business.
But first a word on human lice, a noble symbiote who has been working the primate circuit for millions of years.
The well-dressed primate that stormed a Canadian IKEA over the weekend has been photo shopped into a Marc Jacobs ad on Tumblr.
The Primate evidently thought all fat things should be reserved for Englishmen like himself.
Sir G. Gostwick soon after laid charges against the archbishop, which Henry quashed, and the primate was willing to forgive.