primate
英検2級・TOEFL霊長類
意味
- 霊長類の動物(人間・サルを含む);《複数形で》霊長類
- (英国国教会の)大主教;(カトリック教の)首座大司教
例文
Grooming in primates increases group cohesion.
霊長類の毛づくろいは集団の結合を強める。
The primates include not only the apes, but also man.
霊長類は尾の無いサルだけでなく人間も含む。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
First attested in 1876. From French primate, from the substantivization of Latin prīmās, prīmātis (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”), same as Etymology 2. So named due to the belief that primates are the highest order of mammals or animals.