[syn: catarrhine, catarrhinian]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
catarrhine
adj 1: of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils
together and opening downward [syn: catarrhine,
catarrhinian] [ant: broadnosed, leptorhine,
leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic,
platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine,
platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic]
n 1: of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and
nostrils close together [syn: Old World monkey,
catarrhine]