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Definitions for catarrhine
ˈkæt əˌraɪn; ˌkæt əˈrɪn i əncatar·rhine
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Princeton's WordNet
Old World monkey, catarrhineadjective
of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together
catarrhine, catarrhinianadjective
of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward
Wiktionary
catarrhinenoun
Any animal of this group
catarrhineadjective
Describing the Catarrhini parvorder of primates (including humans) that have nostrils that are close together and directed frontward or downward
Wikipedia
catarrhine
The parvorder Catarrhini , catarrhine monkeys, Old World anthropoids, or Old World monkeys, consisting of the Cercopithecoidea and apes (Hominoidea). In 1812, Geoffroy grouped those two groups together and established the name Catarrhini, "Old World monkeys", ("singes de l'Ancien Monde" in French). Its sister in the infraorder Simiiformes is the parvorder Platyrrhini (New World monkeys). There has been some resistance to directly designate apes (and thus humans) as monkeys despite the scientific evidence, so "Old World monkey" may be taken to mean the Cercopithecoidea or the Catarrhini. That apes are monkeys was already realized by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in the 18th century. Linnaeus placed this group in 1758 together with what we now recognise as the tarsiers and the New World monkeys, in a single genus "Simia" (sans Homo). The Catarrhini are all native to Africa and Asia. Members of this parvorder are called catarrhines. The Catarrhini are the sister group to the New World monkeys, the Platyrrhini. Some six million years before the ape - Cercopithecoidea bifurcation, the Platyrrhini emerged within "monkeys" by migration to South America from Afro-Arabia (the Old World), likely by ocean.
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catarrhine
Catarrhine is a term used in biological taxonomy to refer to a group of primates that includes humans, apes, and Old World monkeys. The primary distinguishing feature of catarrhines is their downward-facing nostrils that are close together. The term "catarrhine" comes from the Greek words "katarrhines" which means "downward-nosed".
Webster Dictionary
Catarrhinenoun
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
Etymology: [Gr. kata`rris with hanging or curved nose; kata` down + "ri`s, "rino`s nose.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Catarrhine
Catarhine, kat′ar-īn, adj. pertaining to that one of the two divisions of Quadrumana, including all the Old-World monkeys, having a narrow partition between the nostrils. [Gr. kata, down, hris, hrinos, nose.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of catarrhine in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of catarrhine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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