Primates

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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