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primate meaning in Bengali

নরবানর জাতীয় প্রাণী

/ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/

primate in Bengali: নরবানর জাতীয় প্রাণী, উচ্চপদস্থ ধর্মযাজক. In English, primate means a mammal of the order Primates, comprising of apes (including humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.

Bengali words for primate

নরবানর জাতীয় প্রাণী, উচ্চপদস্থ ধর্মযাজক

English meaning of primate

  1. noun A mammal of the order Primates, comprising of apes (including humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.
  2. noun An anthropoid; ape including human.
  3. noun In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.
  4. noun In the Orthodox Church, the presiding bishop of an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or region. Usually, the expression primate refers to the first hierarch of an autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox church. Less often, it is used to refer to the ruling bishop of an archdiocese or diocese.

Full definition of primate

primate in a sentence

  • Primates range from lemurs to gorillas.
  • The Archbishop of Quebec is the primate of Canada.

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Questions about primate in Bengali

What is the meaning of primate in Bengali?
Primate in Bengali is নরবানর জাতীয় প্রাণী, উচ্চপদস্থ ধর্মযাজক.
primate এর বাংলা অর্থ কী?
Primate: নরবানর জাতীয় প্রাণী, উচ্চপদস্থ ধর্মযাজক.
What does primate mean in English?
Primate means a mammal of the order Primates, comprising of apes (including humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.

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Bengali words from Bengali Wiktionary: primate (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: primate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Bengali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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