Catarrhine

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  • adjective. Of or belonging to the primate infraorder Catarrhini, characterized by nostrils that are close together and directed downward, and including the Old World monkeys, such as the macaque and the rhesus monkey, and the apes.
  • noun. A catarrhine primate, such as a gorilla.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to the monkeys classed as Catarrhina.
  • noun. A monkey of the section Catarrhina.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Describing the Catarrhini parvorder of primates (including humans) that have nostrils that are close together and directed frontward or downward
  • noun. Any animal of this group
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  • adjective. of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward
  • noun. of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together
    • Word Usage
    "They are what are called catarrhine Apes — that is, their nostrils have"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    monkey  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    baboon  colobus  colobus monkey  erythrocebus patas  guenon  
    variant
    monkey  
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