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from The Century Dictionary.
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Catarrhina .
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From these there branched off on the one side the platyrrhini, or apes with a flat nose, on the new continent; on the other, the catarrhini, or apes with a narrow nose, on the old.
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid
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(nose-apes and slender-apes, or semnopithecus); on the twentieth, the man-like apes (anthropoides) or tail-less catarrhini (gorilla, chimpanzee, orang outang and gibbon).
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid
chained_bear commented on the word catarrhini
Old World monkeys. Compare platyrrhini. The two infraorders are thought to have split about 40 million years ago. (Source: Wikipedia)
September 3, 2008