catarrhine

catarrhine
    adj 1: 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}]
    n 1: of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and
         nostrils close together [syn: {Old World monkey},
         {catarrhine}]
    

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]