单词 | catarrhine |
释义 | catarrhine /kat"euh ruyn'/, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the group Catarrhini, comprising humans, anthropoid apes, and Old World monkeys, having the nostrils close together and opening downward and a nonprehensile, often greatly reduced or vestigial tail. n. 2. a catarrhine animal. Also, catarrhinian /kat'euh rin"ee euhn/. [1860-65; < NL Catarrhini, pl. of CATARRHINUS < Gk katarrhin hook-nosed, equiv. to kata- CATA- + -rhin -nosed, adj. deriv. of rhís nose, snout] |
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