Catarrhine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Catarrhine \Cat"ar*rhine\, n. [Gr. kata`rris with hanging or
     curved nose; kata` down + "ri`s, "rino`s nose.] (Zool.)
     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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  catarrhine
       adj : of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils
             together and opening downward [syn: {catarrhinian}]
             [ant: {leptorrhine}, {platyrrhine}]
       n : of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and
           nostrils close together [syn: {Old World monkey}]