Hypertext Webster Gateway: "primates"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Primates \Pri*ma"tes\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with
the apes and monkeys. Cf. {Pitheci}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Primates
n : an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys
and apes and human beings [syn: {Primates}, {order
Primates}]
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