haplorhine
or hap·lor·rhine
[ hap-luh-rahyn, ‐rin ]
/ ˈhæp ləˌraɪn, ‐rɪn /
adjective
belonging or pertaining to the suborder Haplorhini, which includes all tarsiers and simians.
noun
a haplorhine animal: modern taxonomy classifies the haplorhines and the strepsirrines as the two suborders of primates.
Origin of haplorhine
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”; see origin at
haplo-,
rhino-; cf.
catarrhine,
platyrrhine,
strepsirrhine
Words nearby haplorhine
haploidy,
haplology,
haplont,
haplophase,
haplopia,
haplorhine,
haploscope,
haplosis,
haplostemonous,
haplotype,
haply