catarrhine

/kat-uh-rahyn, ‐rin/US // ˈkæt əˌraɪn, ‐rɪn //UK // (ˈkætəˌraɪn) //

猫科动物,腹腔镜,腹腔镜手术,猫科动物类

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : belonging or pertaining to the subdivision of simians that comprises Old World monkeys and apes, including humans.

n.名词 noun

The platyrrhine and catarrhine monkeys have their primitive ancestor among extinct forms of the Lemuridae.
Man is descended directly from one series of extinct Catarrhine ancestors.
Catarrhine monkeys have existed, we know with certainty, since the Miocene.
As they belong to the Catarrhine group, their nose has a narrow partition between the nostrils, which are directed downwards.