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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesprimate
Pronunciation / Transliteration: primate
"El chimpancé es un primate muy inteligente."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A mammal of an order that includes the lemurs, monkeys, apes, and human beings.
"Chimpanzees and humans share a common ancestor that was also a primate."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late 16th century (denoting an archbishop): from Old French primat or Latin primas, primat-, from primus 'first'. The biological sense dates from the early 19th century.
10 Global Lexicons: How "primate" is said worldwide
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primate
Transliteration: primate
"Le chimpanzé est un primate très intelligent."
Primate
Transliteration: Primate
"Der Schimpanse ist ein hochintelligentem Primat."
primate
Transliteration: primate
"Lo scimpanzé è un primate molto intelligente."
primate
Transliteration: primate
"El chimpancé es un primate muy inteligente."
primata
Transliteration: primata
"O chimpanzé é um primata muito inteligente."
वानर जाति का प्राणी
Transliteration: vanar jati ka prani
"मानव और चिम्पाजी दोनों ही primate वर्ग के प्राणी हैं।"
灵长类动物
Transliteration: língzhǎnglèi dòngwù
"黑猩猩是一种高度聪明的灵长类动物。"
영장류
Transliteration: yeongjangryu
"침팬지는 매우 지능적인 영장류입니다."
霊長類
Transliteration: reichōrui
"チンパンジーは非常に知的な霊長類です。"
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