Primates Word Search
A free Primates word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: MANDRILL, GIBBON, BABOON, LORIS, TARSIER, MARMOSET, GORILLA, CHIMPANZEE, ORANGUTAN, HOWLER, SPIDERMONKEY, TAMARIN.
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Primates word list, defined
- MANDRILL /ˈmændrɪl/ · noun
- A large Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae, recognized by its brightly colored face, prominent canine teeth, and patterned coat. Mandrills live in the forests of Central and West Africa and live in large, organized social groups. Related: primate, baboon.
- GIBBON /ˈɡɪbən/ · noun
- A gibbon is any of the small, great apes in the family Hylobatidae, characterized by very long arms, a slender body, and a strong ability to move by brachiation, swinging from one branch to another with the arms. Related: ape, simian, hylobatid.
- BABOON /bəˈbuːn/ · noun
- A large terrestrial Old World monkey of the genus Papio (and closely allied genera), native to Africa and Arabia, with a dog-like muzzle, long limbs, and often a prominent rump; also used figuratively for a coarse or brutish person. Related: primate, ape, macaque, monkey.
- LORIS /ˈlɔːrɪs/ · noun
- A small, slow-moving, nocturnal, arboreal primate of the family Lorisidae, native to South and Southeast Asia. In older British usage, a loris was a comic performer or clown, especially in pantomime.
- TARSIER /ˈtɑːrziər/ (British and US) · noun
- A tarsier is any monkey-like primate of the family Tarsiidae, native to Southeast Asia, noted for its very large eyes, long fingers, and slender body. The group includes the Philippine tarsier and several species formerly classified in the genus Tarsius.
- MARMOSET /mɑːˈməʊsɛt/ · noun
- Any of various small monkeys native to tropical South America, characterized by prominent teeth, long claws, and a varied coat. The group includes the pygmy marmoset, the world's smallest monkey. Related: pygmy monkey, marmoset monkey.
- GORILLA /ɡəˈrɪlə/ · noun, verb
- A large, mostly herbivorous great ape of the genus Gorilla, native to the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The term can also refer informally to a large, powerful, or aggressive person. Related: great ape, ape, hominid.
- CHIMPANZEE /ˌtʃɪmpænˈziː/ · noun
- A great ape native to the forests of central and western Africa, with black hair, long arms, and prominent ears, closely related to humans; also called the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Related: chimp, great ape.
- ORANGUTAN /ɔːˈræŋɡətən/ · noun
- A large, mainly arboreal ape native to the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, characterized by reddish-brown hair, long arms, and a distinctive throat pouch in adult males. Related: ape, great ape, orang, Pongo.
- HOWLER /ˈhaʊlər/ · noun
- A person or animal that howls, especially a person who laughs loudly or painfully. In informal usage, a howler can also mean a glaring mistake, an absurd performance, or an unusually spectacular failure. Related: roarer, yeller, shrieker, mistake.
- TAMARIN /ˈtæmərɪn/ · noun
- A small, mainly arboreal monkey of the family Callitrichidae, native to tropical forests of Central and South America. Tamarins typically have long claws and, in many species, long tails. Related: marmoset, callitrichid, new world monkey.
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