Definition of catarrhine Catarrhine
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We found 5 definitions of catarrhine from 4 different sources.
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What does catarrhine mean?
WordNet
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| catarrhine - of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward | ||
| catarrhinian | ||
| leptorhine, leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic having a long narrow nose | ||
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Wiktionary 
- catarrhine (Noun)
Any animal of this group. - catarrhine (Adjective)
Describing the Catarrhini parvorder of primates including humans that have nostrils that are close together and directed frontward or downward.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- catarrhine (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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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catarrhine
Catarhine, kat′ar-īn, adj. pertaining to that one of the two divisions of Quadrumana, including all the Old-World monkeys, having a narrow partition between the nostrils. [Gr. kata, down, hris, hrinos, nose.]
