Primate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. 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.
  • n. A bishop of highest rank in a province or country.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.
  • n. A simian anthropoid; an ape, human, or large monkey.
  • n. In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circonscription.
  • n. In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
  • n. One of the Primates.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The first or chief person.
  • n. A bishop of a see ranking as first in a province or provinces; a metropolitan as presiding in his province, or one of several metropolitans as presiding over others.
  • n. In zoology, a member of the order Primates; a primatial or primatic mammal, as man.
  • Relating to or characteristic of the order Primates.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
  • n. a senior clergyman and dignitary
  • Cross Reference
    galago    exarch    ape    douroucouli    aye-aye    entrina    capuchin   
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    archbishop    chief    bishop   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    mammal    rodent    ape    chimpanzee    vertebrate    reptile    gorilla    quadruped    monkey    mammalia