CATARRHINE


Meaning of CATARRHINE in English

[ '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'.

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