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cat⋅ar⋅rhine
[kat-uh-rahyn] 
–adjective
| 1. | belonging or pertaining to the group Catarrhini, comprising humans, anthropoid apes, and Old World monkeys, having the nostrils close together and opening downward and a nonprehensile, often greatly reduced or vestigial tail. |
–noun
| 2. | a catarrhine animal. |
Also, cat⋅ar⋅rhin⋅i⋅an [kat-uh-rin-ee-uh
n] .
[kat-uh-rin-ee-uhn] . Origin:
1860–65; < NL Catarrhini, pl. of catarrhinus < Gk katarrhīn hook-nosed, equiv. to kata- cata- + -rhīn -nosed, adj. deriv. of rh
s nose, snout
1860–65; < NL Catarrhini, pl. of catarrhinus < Gk katarrhīn hook-nosed, equiv. to kata- cata- + -rhīn -nosed, adj. deriv. of rh
s nose, snout
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| cat·ar·rhine (kāt'ə-rīn', -rĭn') adj. Of or being a group of primates including the Old World monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by nostrils that are close together and directed frontward or downward. n. A catarrhine primate, such as a gorilla. |
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