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adj
Describing the Catarrhini parvorder of primates (including humans) that have nostrils that are close together and directed frontward or downward
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Any animal of this group
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: catarrhinian
Antonyms: leptorrhine, platyrrhine
noun
of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Old World monkey
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Broader terms: monkey
Narrower terms: guenon, guenon monkey, mangabey, patas, hussar monkey, Erythrocebus patas, baboon, macaque, langur, colobus, colobus monkey, proboscis monkey, Nasalis larvatus
History
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