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Synonyms for primate
ˈpraɪ meɪt or, esp. for 1 , -mɪtpri·mate
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Princeton's WordNet
archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primatenoun
a senior clergyman and dignitary
Synonyms:
high priest, hierarch, archpriest, prelateprimatenoun
any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
Synonyms:
high priest, hierarch, archpriest, prelate
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
primatenoun
Synonyms:
archbishop, metropolitan
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#6182 | monkey | |
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#91418 | hierarch | |
#322846 | archpriest |
How to use primate in a sentence?
NIH-funded studies that are ongoing right now in both mouse and hamsters confirm the lesser virulence in the animal model. And, studies here at the Vaccine Research Center at NIH, in the nonhuman primate model, are ongoing and will await results of that.
Attacks from any privately-owned primate in captivity should be expected because these animals are not living healthy lives where they can express their natural urges and engage in natural behaviors.
The results of our study are surprising, researchers usually assume the primate and human cognitive system to be specifically tuned to detect signals of danger and threat in the environment as a mechanism of survival.
What's outstanding about this study is that it represents a unique genera, that it's something that is genuinely new to science, but it also represents the first known human-driven primate extinction that we know of as well.
A lot of primate species... also have the differences of being A, being B, being AB, whether it's a great ape or a new world monkey, it's quite intriguing that the differences have been found or maintained in so many different species.
Translations for primate
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- primatCatalan, Valencian
- PrimatGerman
- primado, primateSpanish
- priimas, kädellinenFinnish
- primate, primatFrench
- ard-aspickManx
- պրիմատArmenian
- prímati, fremdardýrIcelandic
- primateItalian
- 霊長類, 大主教Japanese
- პრიმატიGeorgian
- primatasLithuanian
- primatNorwegian
- primaatDutch
- primatNorwegian Nynorsk
- primataPortuguese
- приматRussian
- primatSwedish
- குரங்கினங்கள்Tamil
- tổng giám mụcVietnamese
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