order Primates 1
noundomain: animal
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
Hypernym
animal order 1
noun
the order of animals
Member_meronym
Eutheria 1
noun
all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
primate 2
noun
any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
Anthropoidea 1
noun
monkeys; apes; hominids
Prosimii 1
noun
not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea
Adapid 1
noun
extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins
EnglishMember_holonym
Eutheria 1
noun
all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
primate 2
noun
any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
Anthropoidea 1
noun
monkeys; apes; hominids
Prosimii 1
noun
not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea
Adapid 1
noun
extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins
