Catarrhine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or being a group of primates including the Old World monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by nostrils that are close together and directed frontward or downward.
  • n. A catarrhine primate, such as a gorilla.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Describing the Catarrhini parvorder of primates (including humans) that have nostrils that are close together and directed frontward or downward
  • n. Any animal of this group
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to the monkeys classed as Catarrhina.
  • n. A monkey of the section Catarrhina.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward
  • n. of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    monkey   
    Variant
    monkey   
     
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