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  • proper noun A taxonomic parvorder within the infraorder Simiiformes — the apes, man and the Old World monkeys.

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New Latin, from Ancient Greek καταρρινα ("hook-nosed"), from καταρρέω ("down-flowing") + ῥινες ("nostrils")

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