英语词汇“Primates”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

Primates

释义

‖ Primates, n. pl. Zool.|praɪˈmeɪtiːz, ˈpraɪmeɪts|
Sing. primas |ˈpraɪmæs|, also anglicized primate.
[L. prīmātēs, pl. of prīmās primate n.¹, in mod.L. (Linn.) name of an order.]
The highest order of the Mammalia, including man, monkeys, and lemurs, and, in the Linnæan order, bats.
1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. IV. v. 138 This was a sufficient motive for Linnæus to give it the title of a Primas, to rank it in the same order with mankind.1826Good Bk. Nat. (1834) II. 47 The 1st order, Primates or Chieftains, is distinguished by the possession of four cutting teeth in each jaw.1863Lyell Antiq. Man xxiv. 474 All modern naturalists, who retain the order Primates, agree to exclude from it the bats or cheiroptera.1871Darwin Desc. Man I. i. 24 Man differs conspicuously from all the other Primates in being almost naked.

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