The Collaborative International Dictionary
Catarrhine \Cat"ar*rhine\, n. [Gr. kata`rris with hanging or curved nose; kata` down + "ri`s, "rino`s nose.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Wiktionary
a. Describing the ''Catarrhini'' parvorder of primates (including humans) that have nostrils that are close together and directed frontward or downward n. Any animal of this group
WordNet
adj. of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward [syn: catarrhinian] [ant: leptorrhine, platyrrhine]
n. of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together [syn: Old World monkey]
Usage examples of "catarrhine".
APES AND MEN The second catarrhine family is Pongidae fpon'jih-dee), which includes the animals known as "apes.
And yet there are distinctions of considerable im portance between apes and man, enough difference so that, quite fairly and without too much self-love on our own part, man may be put into a third catarrhine family all by himself, Hominidae (hoh-min'ih-dee.
The catarrhines are confined to the Eastern Hemisphere and are therefore ordinarily termed the "Old World monkeys.
The catarrhines are stockier in build and lack some of the advantageous agility of the platyrrhines.