Zoology 【动】
- of or 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.
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- a catarrhine primate狭鼻类灵长目动物。
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- Infraorder Catarrhini, order Primates: four families.狭鼻灵下目, 灵长目：4科。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from CATA- 'down' + Greek rhis, rhin- 'nose'.