English-Greek translations for primate

• μαϊμού
• πρωτεύον
  Τα σπονδυλωτά και τα πρωτεύοντα θηλαστικά απολαμβάνουν ειδική προστασία. Vertebrates and primates enjoy special protection.
  Είναι σημαντικό το γεγονός ότι οι δοκιμές σε πρωτεύοντα θηλαστικά απαγορεύονται ρητά στη νομοθεσία αυτή. It is important that testing on primates is absolutely prohibited in connection with this legislation.
• πρωτεύων

Definition of primate

• 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
• In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province

Examples

• Primates range from lemurs to gorillas

Related words

• primates
• supraprimate
• primate malaria
• primate city
• primate park
• non-human primate