2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Primates noun: an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings [syn: {order Primates}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Primates \Pri*ma"tes\, noun pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. {Pitheci}.

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