primatal

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UK/pɹʌɪˈmeɪt(ə)l/

adjective

Pertaining to primates.

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Meanings

adjectiveprimatal (comparative more primatal, superlative most primatal)

comparative more primatal · superlative most primatal

  1. rarebiologyPertaining to primates.
nounprimatal (plural primatals)

plural primatals

  1. rareA primate.

    ‘She was twelve,’ Van added, ‘and I was a male primatal of fourteen and a half, and we just did not care.’

    1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 346

Origin

From primate + -al. Compare primatial.

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APA

primatal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primatal

MLA

“primatal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primatal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “primatal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primatal.

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