primate

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This primate is a nocturnal animal and will eat fruit, insects, small mammals, slugs and snails.

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  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A bishop of highest rank in a province or country.

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  • This primate is a nocturnal animal and will eat fruit, insects, small mammals, slugs and snails. —  Michel Vuijlsteke's weblog
  • KUALA LUMPUR: Experts on the conservation of orang utan will deliberate for two days from Tuesday on efforts to ensure the continued survival of the primate, which is considered vulnerable and endangered.
  • NEW YORK (CNN) -- A lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who was violently attacked by a chimpanzee is seeking $50 million in damages from the owner of the primate, attorneys said Tuesday. —  CNN.com
  • Comparing Obama to a primate is different than comparing Bush to a primate, for reasons we're all familiar with. —  Latest Articles
  • The title of primate was assumed both by the Archbishop of Sens and the Archbishop of Lyons, the former having apparently the better claim and enjoying nominally a Wider supremacy (as "Primat des Gaules et de Germanie"); but the latter gradually vindicated his pretension to spiritual authority over most of France. —  The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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  1. From New Latin Prīmātēs, order name, from Latin prīmātēs, pl. of prīmās, principal, of first rank, from prīmus, first; see per1 in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, from Middle English primat, from Old French, from Medieval Latin prīmās, prīmāt-, from Latin.

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  1. from Middle English primate, from Old French primat, French primat = Provencal primat = Spanish Portuguese primado, primaz = Italian primate, from Late Latin primas (primat-), of the first, chief, excellent, Middle Latin as a noun, a primate, from Latin primus, first: see prime.
 

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