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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In zoology, one of two suborders, the other being Lemuroidea, into which the order Primates has been divided.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun monkeys; apes; hominids

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