primates

Meaning of primates

plural noun
  1. the chief bishop or archbishop of a province.
    the primate of Poland

Middle English: from Old French primat, from Latin primas, primat- ‘of the first rank’, from primus ‘first’.

plural noun

a mammal of an order that includes the lemurs, bushbabies, tarsiers, marmosets, monkeys, apes, and humans. They are distinguished by having hands, feet that are similar to hands, and forward-facing eyes, and, with the exception of humans, are typically agile tree-dwellers.

late 19th century: from Latin primas, primat- ‘of the first rank’ (see primate1).

Information about primates

Hyphenation of primates

pri-mates

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • primates is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

primates synonyms

Meaning Primates:

Primates

Anagrams of primates

apterism, Maspiter, pastimer

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