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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings;
[syn: Primates, order Primates]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Primates \Pri*ma"tes\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
   The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with
   the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Primates
    n 1: an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys
         and apes and human beings [syn: Primates, order
         Primates]