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Trimates 

1. a play on the word "primate" to indicate three America Primatologists who are famous for the pioneering work with great apes.

2. a nickname for the collective group of three female American ethologists who observe and study non-human primates: Jane Goodall - chimpanzees, Dian Fossey - gorillas, and Birute Galdikas - orangutans.

3. also known as "Leakey's Angels" since they were all sponsored and mentored by Louis Leakey.
The Trimates have made tremendous advances for feminist science.
Trimates by legaldiva May 2, 2008
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Trivates 

1) A boy's proper name.
2) Latin: "Three Prophets".
My name is a sequence of three different ancient phophets' names. I therefore call myself "Trivates".
Trivates by Umshaad Trivates January 11, 2004
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