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haplorhine
or 丑补辫路濒辞谤路谤丑颈苍别
[ hap-luh-rahyn, 鈥恟颈苍 ]
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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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of haplorhine1
First recorded in 1920鈥25; from New Latin 贬补辫濒辞谤谤丑墨苍墨, plural of 丑补辫濒辞谤谤丑墨苍耻蝉, equivalent to Greek 丑补辫濒贸(辞蝉) + Greek -谤丑墨苍 鈥-nosed,鈥 adjective derivative of 谤丑墨虂蝉 鈥渘ose, snout鈥; 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 鈥渟imple-nosed鈥 primates.
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Pop quiz: are you a haplorhine or a streppsirhine?
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