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

Semnopithecin�, sem-nō-pith-ē-sī′nē, n. a sub-family of catarrhine monkeys.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Thus he would not object to relationship with a tailless catarrhine anthropoid ape, descended from a monad or a primal ascidian.

From The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

However, the first structure of the olfactory organ in the human embryo gives no indication of the future ample proportions of our catarrhine nose.

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

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