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Definition of Catarrhinian
1. Adjective. Of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catarrhinian
Literary usage of Catarrhinian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bible and Rationalism, Or, Answer to Difficulties by John Thein (1901)
"Man certainly forms a part of the order of the catarrhinian apes of the ...
The catarrhinian apes provided with a tail arose from prosimians through the ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1889)
"Two stages of evolution are first determined—one which concerns the tailed or
ordinary monkeys, and the other comprising the four tailless catarrhinian or ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"Two stages of evolution are first determined—one which concerns the tailed or
ordinary monkeys, and the other comprising the four tailless catarrhinian or ..."
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