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primate/ˈpraimeit/n. 1 any animal of the order Primates, the highest order of mammals, including tarsiers, lemurs, apes, monkeys, and humans 灵长目动物(包括眼镜猴、狐猴、类人猿、猴子及人) 2 /also 亦作 ˈpraimət/ an archbishop 首席主教 □ primatial /-ˈmeiʃ(ə)l/ adj.[Middle English via Old French primat from Latin primas -atis ‘of the first rank’, from primus ‘first’, in medieval Latin = primate] |