primatal

adj, noun — 2 senses

adj

UK /pɹʌɪˈmeɪt(ə)l/

Etymology From primate + -al. Compare primatial.

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Rare Pertaining to primates.

noun

Etymology From primate + -al. Compare primatial.

Rare A 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:

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