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haplorhine
or hap·lor·rhine
[ hap-luh-rahyn, ‐rin ]
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the suborder Haplorhini, which includes all tarsiers and simians.
noun
- a haplorhine animal: modern taxonomy classifies the haplorhines and the strepsirrines as the two suborders of primates.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of haplorhine1
First recorded in 1920–25; from New Latin Haplorrhīnī, plural of haplorrhīnus, equivalent to Greek hapló(os) + Greek -rhīn “-nosed,” adjective derivative of rhī́s “nose, snout”; haplo- ( def ), rhino- ( def ); catarrhine ( def ), platyrrhine ( def ), strepsirrhine ( def )
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