PRIMATES

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 14

(Lat.), n. m. pi. Pri:lni(prem)-a(a3)'tez(tas); in Eng., prim'atz. From primus, first. The highest order of the Mammal i a, including man, apes, and lemurs, [a, 39.] [s. 332]