Synonyms for primate
ˈpraɪ meɪt or, esp. for 1 , -mɪtpri·mate

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1. archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primatenoun

   a senior clergyman and dignitary

   Synonyms:
   high priest, hierarch, archpriest, prelate

2. primatenoun

   any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet

   Synonyms:
   high priest, hierarch, archpriest, prelate

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1. • Placental Mammal

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1. primatenoun

   Synonyms:
   archbishop, metropolitan

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1. List of paraphrases for "primate":

   primacy, ape, monkey

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1. James Hansford:

   What's outstanding about this study is that it represents a unique genera, that it's something that is genuinely new to science, but it also represents the first known human-driven primate extinction that we know of as well.

2. Chuan Qin:

   Because of the similar immune response of [nonhuman primates] and human beings, [nonhuman primate] models are better to evaluate vaccines than other animals.

3. Hunt Batjer:

   [It's] a 45-year-old reference in a primate and there is no evidence that the spinal cord was anastomosed functionally.

4. Kristen Miller:

   No primate relative has ever been found at such extreme latitudes, they’re more usually found around the equator in tropical regions. I was able to do a phylogenetic analysis, which helped me understand how the fossils from Ellesmere Island are related to species found in midlatitudes of North America.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   NIH-funded studies that are ongoing right now in both mouse and hamsters confirm the lesser virulence in the animal model. And, studies here at the Vaccine Research Center at NIH, in the nonhuman primate model, are ongoing and will await results of that.