haplorhine

Or hap·lor·rhine

[hap-luh-rahyn, ‐rin]

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the suborder Haplorhini, which includes all tarsiers and simians.

noun

1. a haplorhine animal: modern taxonomy classifies the haplorhines and the strepsirrines as the two suborders of primates.

Word History and Origins

Origin of haplorhine¹

First recorded in 1920–25; from New Latin Haplorrhīnī, plural of haplorrhīnus, equivalent to Greek hapló(os) + Greek -rhīn “-nosed,” adjective derivative of rhī́s “nose, snout”; haplo- ( def. ), rhino- ( def. ); catarrhine ( def. ), platyrrhine ( def. ), strepsirrhine ( def. )

Example Sentences

Perhaps ironically, this group, the haplorhine primates, literally translates in Greek to mean “simple-nosed” primates.

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