[ 'katərʌɪn ]
■ adjective Zoology relating to or denoting primates of a group distinguished by having close, downwardly directed nostrils and lacking a prehensile tail, comprising the Old World monkeys, gibbons, great apes, and humans. Compare with platyrrhine .
Origin
C19: from cata- + Gk rhis , rhin- 'nose'.