catarrhine

American  

[kat-uh-rahyn, ‐rin] / ˈkæt əˌraɪn, ‐rɪn /

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the subdivision of simians that comprises Old World monkeys and apes, including humans.

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noun

1. a catarrhine animal.

catarrhine British  

/ ˈkætəˌraɪn /

adjective

1. (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face

2. Also: leptorrhine.  (of humans) having a thin or narrow nose

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noun

1. an animal or person with this characteristic

Etymology

Origin of catarrhine

First recorded in 1860–65; from New Latin Catarrhīnī, plural of catarrhīnus, from Greek katárrhīn “hook-nosed,” equivalent to kata- “down” + -rhīn “-nosed,” adjective derivative of rhī́s “nose, snout”; see origin at cata-, rhino- ( def. ); cf. haplorhine ( def. ), platyrrhine ( def. ), strepsirrhine ( def. )

Example Sentences

In the catarrhine primates, like macaques, it is generally absent, or reduced, with some indeterminate function.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2014

In the common catarrhine ancestors of the anthropoids and man the degeneration set in with the folding together of the pinna.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

That this "tailless, catarrhine, anthropoid ape" should have had anything resembling a religion, is, of course, not to be thought of.

From Evolution An Investigation and a Critique by Graebner, Theodore

Man is not only a vertebrate, a mammal, and a primate, but he belongs, as a genus, to the catarrhine family of apes.

From The Destiny of Man Viewed in the Light of His Origin by Fiske, John

Man's an Anthropoid—he cannot help that, you know— First evoluted from Pongos of old; He's but a branch of the catarrhine cat, you know— Monkey I mean—that's an ape with a cold.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn