haplorhine

Or �󲹱�·��ǰ�·��󾱲Ա�

[hap-luh-rahyn, ‐rin]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of haplorhine¹

First recorded in 1920–25; from New Latin �Ჹ��ǰ��ī��ī, plural of �󲹱��ǰ��ī�Գܲ�, equivalent to Greek �󲹱��ó(�ǲ�) + Greek -��ī�� “-nosed,” adjective derivative of ��ī́�� “nose, snout”; haplo- ( def. ), rhino- ( def. ); catarrhine ( def. ), platyrrhine ( def. ), strepsirrhine ( def. )

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Perhaps ironically, this group, the haplorhine primates, literally translates in Greek to mean “simple-nosed” primates.

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haplopia haplosis

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