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cat·ar·rhine  audio  (kt-rn, -rn) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Of or being a group of primates including the Old World monkeys, apes, and humans, characterized by nostrils that are close together and directed frontward or downward.
NOUN:
A catarrhine primate, such as a gorilla.



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