'Primates' definitions:
Definition of 'Primates'
(from WordNet)
noun
An animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings [syn: Primates, order Primates]
Definition of 'Primates'
From: 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]