Primate vs Australopithecine - What's the difference?
primate | australopithecine |
(zoology) A mammal of the order Primates , including simians and prosimians.
(informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or monkey.
(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.
(archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Any of several extinct anthropoid apes of the genera Australopithecus'' and ''Paranthropus
(archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to these animals or their fossils
As nouns the difference between primate and australopithecine
is that primate is (zoology) a mammal of the order primates , including simians and prosimians or primate can be (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 while australopithecine is (anthropology|paleonotology) any of several extinct hominid primates, of the genus australopithecus , from the pleistocene period.As an adjective australopithecine is
(archaeology|anthropology|paleonotology) of or pertaining to these creatures.primate
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) primate.Noun
(en noun)- ''Primates range from lemurs to gorillas