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.

---

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

---

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”; cata-, rhino- ( def. ); 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

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

Hence in the genealogy of the mammals we must derive man immediately from the catarrhine group, and locate the origin of the human race in the Old World.

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

Wanderoo, won-de-rōō′, n. a catarrhine monkey, a native of the Malabar coast of India.

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