Catarrhini

Translingual
Gorilla beringei

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek καταρρινα (katarrhina, “hook-nosed”), from καταρρέω (katarrhéō, “down-flowing”) + ῥινες (rhines, “nostrils”).

Proper noun

Catarrhini

  1. A taxonomic parvorder within the order Primates – the apes, humans and Old World monkeys.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms
  • (parvorder): Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys), Hominoidea (apes and humans) (superfamilies)
    • †Dendropithecoidea, †Pliopithecoidea, †Proconsuloidea, †Propliopithecoidea, †Saadanioidea (extinct superfamilies)
    • †Kalepithecus, †Kamoyapithecus, †Kogolepithecus, †Limnopithecus, †Otavipithecus (extinct genera, incertae sedis)

References
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