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Catarrhine

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Noun

1. catarrhine, old world monkey

of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together

Adjective

2. catarrhine, catarrhinian

of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Catarrhine

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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
3. 
an animal or person with this characteristic

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Catarrhine

see synonyms of catarrhine
adjective
1. 
having a nose with the nostrils placed close together and opening to the front
noun
2. 
a catarrhine animal, as a human, gorilla, or chimpanzee
see also platyrrhine

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Catarrhine

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adj.
Of or belonging to the primate infraorder Catarrhini, characterized by nostrils that are close together and directed downward, and including the Old World monkeys, such as the macaque and the rhesus monkey, and the apes.
n.
A catarrhine primate, such as a gorilla.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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