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primate in Malay

primat

/ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/

primate in Malay: primat. In English, primate means a mammal of the order Primates, comprising of apes (including humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.

Malay words for primate

mammal
primat

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.

primate in other languages

Questions about primate in Malay

What is the meaning of primate in Malay?
Primate in Malay is primat.
Apakah maksud primate dalam bahasa Melayu?
Primate: primat.
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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