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1. (adj.) catarrhine
having the nostrils close together and opening frontward or downward.
2. (n.) catarrhine
a catarrhine animal, esp. an anthropoid ape or Old World monkey.
Etymology: (1860–65; < NL Catarrhini, pl. of catarrhinus < Gk katarrhīn hook-nosed)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) Old World monkey, catarrhine
of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together
2. (adj) catarrhine, catarrhinian
of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward
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1. (noun) catarrhine
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
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