cat·ar·rhine (k t  -r n , -r n)adj. Of or being a group of primates including the Old World monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by nostrils that are close together and directed frontward or downward. n. A catarrhine primate, such as a gorilla. |
catarrhine [ˈkætəˌraɪn]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Also leptorrhine (of humans) having a thin or narrow nose
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) an animal or person with this characteristic Compare platyrrhine
[from New Latin Catarrhina (for sense 1), all ultimately from Greek katarrhin having a hooked nose, from kata- down + rhis nose]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  catarrhine - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close togetherCercopithecidae, family Cercopithecidae - Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey monkey - 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 face mangabey - large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids baboon - large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles macaque - short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa langur - slender long-tailed monkey of Asia colobus, colobus monkey - arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs Nasalis 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 downward broadnosed, 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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