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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cat•ar•rhine (kat′ə rīn′),USA pronunciation adj. - Physical Anthropologybelonging 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.
n. - Physical Anthropologya catarrhine animal.
Also, cat•ar•rhin•i•an (kat′ə rin′ē ən).USA pronunciation - Greek katarrhīn hook-nosed, equivalent. to kata- cata- + -rhīn -nosed, adjective, adjectival derivative of rhí̄s nose, snout
- Neo-Latin Catarrhini, plural of catarrhinus
- 1860–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: catarrhine /ˈkætəˌraɪn/ adj - (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face
n - an animal or person with this characteristic
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin Catarrhina (for sense 1), all ultimately from Greek katarrhin having a hooked nose, from kata- down + rhis nose |