Primates

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Primates
    n 1: an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys
         and apes and human beings [syn: {Primates}, {order
         Primates}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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