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catarrhine

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Adjective, Noun
 : 
cat=arrh=ine

CIDE DICTIONARY

catarrhinen. [Gr. kata`rris with hanging or curved nose; kata` down + "ri`s, "rino`s nose.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

catarrhine, adj. & n. Zool.
--adj. (of primates) having nostrils close together, and directed downwards, e.g. a baboon, chimpanzee, or human.
--n. such an animal (cf. PLATYRRHINE).

Etymology
CATA- + rhis rhinos nose

For further exploring for "catarrhine" in Webster Dictionary Online


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