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primate vs tarsier

tarsier vs primate

primate and tarsier both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
primate Yes No No No
tarsier Yes No No No
As nouns, tarsier is a hyponym of primate; that is, tarsier is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than primate:
  • primate: any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
  • tarsier: nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates
Other hyponyms of primate include simian, ape, anthropoid, hominoid, hominid, monkey, prosimian, lemur.
primate (noun) tarsier (noun)
any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates
a senior clergyman and dignitary
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