catarrhine
/ˈkatərʌɪn
/Zoology
adjective
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.It has been independently lost or reduced in several amniote lineages, however, including crocodilians, birds, tuataras, iguanian lizards, cetaceans, and catarrhine primates....
- However, it may represent a peroneus digiti V superior or longus, such as seen in catarrhine monkeys.
- Distal radii of catarrhine primates exhibiting different forms of locomotion and hand postures were examined.
noun
A catarrhine primate.
- Infraorder Catarrhini, order Primates: four families.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from cata- 'down' + Greek rhis, rhin- 'nose'.