catarrhine

cat·ar·rhine  (kt-rn, -rn)

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.

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	catarrhine - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together Old World monkey Cercopithecidae, 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 Erythrocebus patas, hussar monkey, patas - reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa 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 catarrhinian leptorhine, leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic - having a long narrow nose broadnosed, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic - of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses