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单词 catarrhine
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catarrhinecatarhineadj.n.

Brit. /ˈkatərʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈkædəˌraɪn/
Etymology: < Greek κατά alongside of + ῥίς, ρῖνα nose, nostril.
Zoology.
A. adj. Designating one of the two divisions of the order Quadrumana, including those apes or monkeys, which have the nostrils close together, oblique, and directed downwards, and opposable thumbs on all the limbs.
It includes all the apes of the old world.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > Old World
catarrhine1863
1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature i. 23 The man-like apes..are what are called ‘Catarrhine apes’; that is, their nostrils have a narrow partition, and look downwards.
1881 Spectator 25 Dec. Our common ancestor the catarrhine ape.
B. n.
A catarrhine monkey.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey)
Old World monkey1835
catarrhine1863
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 422 (note) The Catarrhines, confined to Africa and Asia, excepting one at Gibraltar.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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