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haplorrhine

haplorrhine noun: any primate of the evolved clade (half of the order) which comprises all apes (including hominoids), monkeys and even (prosimian) tarsiers.

Noun

haplorrhine (plural haplorrhines)

  1. Any primate of the evolved clade (half of the order) which comprises all apes (including hominoids), monkeys and even (prosimian) tarsiers
    Synonyms:
    dry-nosed

Synonyms of haplorrhine

  • dry-nosed

Antonyms

Forms of haplorrhine

pluralhaplorrhines

Origin of haplorrhine

From Neo-Latin Haplorrhini, from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “simple”) + ῥίς (rhís, “nose”).

Questions about haplorrhine

What does haplorrhine mean?
Haplorrhine means any primate of the evolved clade (half of the order) which comprises all apes (including hominoids), monkeys and even (prosimian) tarsiers.
What part of speech is haplorrhine?
Haplorrhine is a noun.
What is the plural of haplorrhine?
The plural of haplorrhine is haplorrhines.

Words near haplorrhine in the dictionary

  1. haploporids
  2. haploproficiency
  3. haploproficient
  4. haplorhine
  5. haplorhines
  6. haplorrhine
  7. haplorrhines
  8. haplorthod
  9. haplorthox
  10. haplosclerid
  11. haplosclerids

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