'Catarrhine' definitions:
Definition of 'catarrhine'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
noun
Of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together [syn: Old World monkey, catarrhine]
Definition of 'Catarrhine'
From: 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]