catarrhine

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cat·ar·rhine

C0155850 (kăt′ə-rīn′, -rĭn′)adj. Of or belonging to the primate infraorder Catarrhini, characterized by nostrils that are close together and directed downward, and including the Old World monkeys, such as the macaque and the rhesus monkey, and the apes.n. A catarrhine primate, such as a gorilla.

catarrhine

(ˈkætəˌraɪn) adj1. (Zoology) (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face2. (Anatomy) Also: leptorrhine (of humans) having a thin or narrow nosen3. (Anatomy) an animal or person with this characteristic4. (Zoology) an animal or person with this characteristic[C19: from New Latin Catarrhina (for sense 1), all ultimately from Greek katarrhin having a hooked nose, from kata- down + rhis nose]

cat•ar•rhine

(ˈkæt əˌraɪn)

also cat•ar•rhin•i•an

(ˌkæt əˈrɪn i ən)

adj. 1. having the nostrils close together and opening frontward or downward. n. 2. a catarrhine animal, esp. an anthropoid ape or Old World monkey. [1860–65; < New Latin Catarrhini, pl. of catarrhinus < Greek katarrhīn hook-nosed]

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Noun	1.	catarrhine - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close togetherOld World monkeyCercopithecidae, family Cercopithecidae - Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkeymonkey - any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)guenon, guenon monkey - small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the facemangabey - large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelidsErythrocebus patas, hussar monkey, patas - reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africababoon - large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzlesmacaque - short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africalangur - slender long-tailed monkey of Asiacolobus, colobus monkey - arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbsNasalis larvatus, proboscis monkey - Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose
Adj.	1.	catarrhine - of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downwardcatarrhinianleptorhine, leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic - having a long narrow nosebroadnosed, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic - of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses

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noun of Africa or Arabia or Asia

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adj of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward

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