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Definition of catarrhine in English: catarrhineadjective ˈkatərʌɪnˈkædəˌraɪn Zoology Relating to primates of a group that comprises the Old World monkeys, gibbons, great apes, and humans. They are distinguished by having nostrils that are close together and directed downwards, and do not have a prehensile tail. Compare with platyrrhine Example sentencesExamples - However, it may represent a peroneus digiti V superior or longus, such as seen in catarrhine monkeys.
- To control for fundamental differences in the primate radiations, we restricted our analyses to catarrhine primates.
- Distal radii of catarrhine primates exhibiting different forms of locomotion and hand postures were examined.
- With the exception of a few anomalous primate genomes, such as the hylobatids, most of the catarrhine primates appear to possess very large, conserved ancient linkage groups.
- It has been independently lost or reduced in several amniote lineages, however, including crocodilians, birds, tuataras, iguanian lizards, cetaceans, and catarrhine primates.
noun ˈkatərʌɪnˈkædəˌraɪn Zoology A catarrhine primate. Infraorder Catarrhini, order Primates: four families
Origin Mid 19th century: from cata- 'down' + Greek rhis, rhin- 'nose'. Definition of catarrhine in US English: catarrhineadjectiveˈkædəˌraɪnˈkadəˌrīn Zoology Relating to primates of a group that comprises the Old World monkeys, gibbons, great apes, and humans. They are distinguished by having nostrils that are close together and directed downward. Compare with platyrrhine Example sentencesExamples - Distal radii of catarrhine primates exhibiting different forms of locomotion and hand postures were examined.
- However, it may represent a peroneus digiti V superior or longus, such as seen in catarrhine monkeys.
- To control for fundamental differences in the primate radiations, we restricted our analyses to catarrhine primates.
- It has been independently lost or reduced in several amniote lineages, however, including crocodilians, birds, tuataras, iguanian lizards, cetaceans, and catarrhine primates.
- With the exception of a few anomalous primate genomes, such as the hylobatids, most of the catarrhine primates appear to possess very large, conserved ancient linkage groups.
nounˈkædəˌraɪnˈkadəˌrīn Zoology A catarrhine primate. Infraorder Catarrhini, order Primates: four families
Origin Mid 19th century: from cata- ‘down’ + Greek rhis, rhin- ‘nose’. |