strepsirrhine
[ strep-suh-rahyn, ‐rin ]
/ ˈstrɛp səˌraɪn, ‐rɪn /
adjective
belonging or pertaining to the suborder Strepsirrhini, which includes lemurs, bush babies, pottos, and lorises.
noun
a strepsirrhine animal: modern taxonomy classifies the strepsirrhines and the haplorhines as the two suborders of primates.
Origin of strepsirrhine
First recorded in 1955–60; from New Latin
Strepsirrhīnī, plural of
Strepsirrhīnus, from Greek
strepsi- (stem of
strépsis “a turning round,” equivalent to
strep-, variant stem of
stréphein “to twist, turn”) +
-rhīn “-nosed,” adjective derivative of
rhī́s “nose, snout”; see origin at
rhino-; cf.
catarrhine,
haplorhine,
platyrrhine
Words nearby strepsirrhine
strepitoso,
strepitous,
strepsipteran,
strepsipteron,
strepsipterous,
strepsirrhine,
strepticemia,
strepto-,
streptobacillus,
streptocarpus,
streptocerciasis