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catarrhine definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward [syn: catarrhine, catarrhinian] [ant: broadnosed, leptorhine, leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic] n
1: of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together [syn: Old World monkey, catarrhine]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: New Latin Catarrhina, from Greek katarrhina, neuter plural of katarrhin hook-nosed, from kata- + rhin-, rhis nose Date: 1863 of, relating to, or being any of a division (Catarrhina) of primates comprising the Old World monkeys, higher apes, and hominids that have the nostrils close together and directed downward, 32 teeth, and the tail when present never prehensile — compare platyrrhine • catarrhine noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. Zool. --adj. (of primates) having nostrils close together, and directed downwards, e.g. a baboon, chimpanzee, or human. --n. such an animal (cf. PLATYRRHINE). Etymology: CATA- + rhis rhinos nose

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Catarrhine Cat"ar*rhine, n. [Gr. kata`rris with hanging or curved nose; kata` down + "ri`s, "rino`s nose.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey.