catarrhine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: catarrhine	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for catarrhine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catarrhine adj of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward Synonym(s): catarrhine, catarrhinian Antonym(s): broadnosed, leptorhine, leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic n of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together Synonym(s): Old World monkey, catarrhine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catarrhine \Cat"ar*rhine\, n. [Gr. kata`rris with hanging or curved nose; kata` down + "ri`s, "rino`s nose.] (Zo[94]l.) 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}.