cat|ar|rhine

cat|ar|rhine
cat|ar|rhine «KAT uh ryn», adjective, noun. Zoology.
–adj.
of or having to do with a superfamily of the order of primates that includes all animals having the nostrils close together, oblique, and directed downwards.
–n.
a catarrhine monkey or ape.
[< New Latin Catarrhina a typical family < Greek katá next to + rh, rhīnos nose]

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