单词 | catarhine |
释义 | catarhine in British English (ˈkætəˌraɪn) noun a variant of catarrhine (sense 2) catarrhine in British English (ˈkætəˌraɪn) adjective 1. (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face 2. Also: leptorrhine (of humans) having a thin or narrow nose noun Compare platyrrhine3. an animal or person with this characteristic Word origin C19: from New Latin Catarrhina (for sense 1), all ultimately from Greek katarrhin having a hooked nose, from kata- down + rhis nose |
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