Examples of 'primate' in a sentence

Meaning of "primate"

primate (noun) - a type of mammal belonging to the order Primates, which includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians. This term is used in the fields of zoology and anthropology to refer to these specific types of animals
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  • A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.
  • A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or monkey.
  • In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.
  • In the Orthodox Church, the presiding bishop of an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or region. Usually, the expression primate refers to the first hierarch of an autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox church. Less often, it is used to refer to the ruling bishop of an archdiocese or diocese.

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It appears the primate was useful after all.
Primate photopigments and primate color vision.
Have not had primate in a long time.
Primate viruses transmitted to people through bushmeat.
Cause there is a primate lecture on campus tonight.
These viruses are often asymptomatic in primate species.
The primate is trying to hit us with sticks.
This little creature is your primate brother.
Early primate trials had mixed results.
Our next stop is the primate habitat.
Our primate cousins can not do that.
So let us start with calls of a nonhuman primate.
Isolation of a primate embryonic stem cell line.
Your body language is that of an alpha primate.
Suitably said subject is a primate such as a human.

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As it is not part of a larger province it has no primate.
Evolutionary anatomy of the primate cerebral cortex.
He somehow contracted a rare disease from a primate.
I am just a helpful primate bringing you your order.
To promote the conservation of all primate species.
Actually any primate will do that.
Vietnam survey team finds rare primate.
Are you familiar with the primate custom of presenting.
And this excuse for a higher primate.
Primate hands provide a firm grip.
In case we ever see that primate again.
This primate had two new evolutionary features.
Jablonski researches human and primate evolution.
Most primate species live in tropical rain forests.
Apes are our cousins and primate relatives.
The primate is arboreal and diurnal.
The liturgical title of the primate is in italics.
This primate is diurnal and arboreal.
Looking for a clue about primate physiology.
Primate and first secretary reach historic accord.
Adaptability and resilience are primate hallmarks.
The mineral primate is the diamond.
In one preferred embodiment said mammal is a primate.
The problem of a dominant primate city does not exist.
The mammalian host usually is a human or a primate.
He was the first primate to hold office of the presidency.
This is what happens to our primate cousins.
We are not the only primate to prosper in an urban environment.
Balance between science and primate welfare.
The primate lab just would not cooperate.
Integration of motion signals in primate visual cortex.
No other primate has a permanent breast.
They stressed that nonhuman primate males are.
Beat the primate and break the record.
Nights are an exaltation of insects and primate howling.

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