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primal | primate |

As an adjective primal

is being the first in time, or history.

As a noun primate is

a mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.

primal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Being the first in time, or history.
    • primal man
  • Being of greatest importance; primary.
  • (meat trade) Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts.

    • Synonyms

    * (first in time or history ): aboriginal, primaeval/primeval, primordial * (being of greatest importance ): primary

    Derived terms

    * primal therapist * primal therapy * primality * primally

    primate

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) primate.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) A mammal of the order Primates , including simians and prosimians.
    • ''Primates range from lemurs to gorillas
  • (informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or monkey.
    • Hyponyms
    * See also * ape * aye-aye * capuchin * douroucouli * entrina * exarch * galago * gibbon * great ape * howler monkey * human, human being * indri * lemur * loris * marmoset * monkey * night monkey * owl monkey * patriarch * potto * saki * simian * spider monkey * squirrel monkey * tamarin * tarsier * titi * uakari * woolly monkey

    Etymology 2

    (English (m)). Compare (m), of similar derivation and meaning.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (ecclesiastical) 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.
  • (ecclesiastical) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.

    • Derived terms

    * Primates * primateship * Primate of All England * Primate of England * Primate of the Gauls

    Related terms

    * primatial * (l)

    See also

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