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Definition of catarrhine in English: catarrhineadjective ˈkatərʌɪnˈkædəˌraɪn Zoology Relating to primates of a group that comprises the Old World monkeys, gibbons, great apes, and humans. They are distinguished by having nostrils that are close together and directed downwards, and do not have a prehensile tail. 狭鼻类的。比较PLATYRRHINE Compare with platyrrhine Example sentencesExamples - However, it may represent a peroneus digiti V superior or longus, such as seen in catarrhine monkeys.
- To control for fundamental differences in the primate radiations, we restricted our analyses to catarrhine primates.
- Distal radii of catarrhine primates exhibiting different forms of locomotion and hand postures were examined.
- With the exception of a few anomalous primate genomes, such as the hylobatids, most of the catarrhine primates appear to possess very large, conserved ancient linkage groups.
- It has been independently lost or reduced in several amniote lineages, however, including crocodilians, birds, tuataras, iguanian lizards, cetaceans, and catarrhine primates.
noun ˈkatərʌɪnˈkædəˌraɪn Zoology A catarrhine primate. 狭鼻类灵长目动物 Infraorder Catarrhini, order Primates: four families
OriginMid 19th century: from cata- 'down' + Greek rhis, rhin- 'nose'. Definition of catarrhine in US English: catarrhineadjectiveˈkædəˌraɪnˈkadəˌrīn Zoology Relating to primates of a group that comprises the Old World monkeys, gibbons, great apes, and humans. They are distinguished by having nostrils that are close together and directed downward. 狭鼻类的。比较PLATYRRHINE Compare with platyrrhine Example sentencesExamples - Distal radii of catarrhine primates exhibiting different forms of locomotion and hand postures were examined.
- However, it may represent a peroneus digiti V superior or longus, such as seen in catarrhine monkeys.
- To control for fundamental differences in the primate radiations, we restricted our analyses to catarrhine primates.
- It has been independently lost or reduced in several amniote lineages, however, including crocodilians, birds, tuataras, iguanian lizards, cetaceans, and catarrhine primates.
- With the exception of a few anomalous primate genomes, such as the hylobatids, most of the catarrhine primates appear to possess very large, conserved ancient linkage groups.
nounˈkædəˌraɪnˈkadəˌrīn Zoology A catarrhine primate. 狭鼻类灵长目动物 Infraorder Catarrhini, order Primates: four families
OriginMid 19th century: from cata- ‘down’ + Greek rhis, rhin- ‘nose’. |