catarrhine (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *catarrhine*:
ADJECTIVE	all	catarrhine, catarrhinian	of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward
NOUN	animal	catarrhine, Old World monkey	of Africa or Arabia or Asia

English > *catarrhine*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward.
Synonym	catarrhinian
Opposite	leptorrhine, leptorhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic	Having a long narrow nose
Opposite	platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhinic, broadnosed	Of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses

English > *catarrhine*: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together.
Synonym	Old World monkey
Member of	Cercopithecidae, family Cercopithecidae	(Old World monkeys) guenon
Narrower	baboon	large terrestrial / terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles
	colobus, colobus monkey	arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs
	guenon, guenon monkey	small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face
	langur	slender long-tailed monkey of Asia
	macaque	short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa
	mangabey	large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids
	patas, hussar monkey, Erythrocebus patas	reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa
	proboscis monkey, Nasalis larvatus	Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose
Broader	monkey	Any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
Spanish	catarrino, catarrinos
Catalan	catarí, catarrinos
Adjectives	catarrhinian	of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward

HyperDic: catarrhine