catarrhine

2 definitions found

catarrhine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Catarrhine \Cat"ar*rhine\, n. [Gr. kata`rris with hanging or
     curved nose; kata` down + "ri`s, "rino`s nose.] (Zool.)
     One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including
     the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close
     together and turned downward. See Monkey.
     [1913 Webster]

catarrhine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  catarrhine
      adj 1: of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils
             together and opening downward [syn: catarrhine,
             catarrhinian] [ant: broadnosed, leptorhine,
             leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic,
             platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine,
             platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic]
      n 1: of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and
           nostrils close together [syn: Old World monkey,
           catarrhine]