Definitions For Strepsirrhine
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STREPSIRRHINE (plural STREPSIRRHINEs) (zoology) Any member of the clade strepsirrhini, one of the two suborders of primates, besides haplorhines (which includes monkeys and apes).Translations
Dutch: halfaap German: Feuchtnasenprimat, Feuchtnasenaffe, NacktnasenaffeEtymology
From Strepsirrhini, , a taxon of Primates, itself formed from "a turning [inward]" + ῥινός, , nose, referring to the sinuous (comma-shaped) appearance of the nostrils on the rhinarium (wet nose).{{cite-book, year=2007, author=Ankel-Simons, F., title=Primate Anatomy, ISBN=978-0-12-372576-9, pages=394–395, passage=Those primates with a philtrum and wet rhinarium have therefore been classified together as Strepsirrhini (Geoffroy, 1812) because of the structural similarity of these two characters in the nasal area. (Strepho means 'turned inward' in Greek and rhinos is Greek for 'nose.') In those primates whose snout is reduced in length and whose incisors are positioned close to each other, the rhinarium disappears. This is the case for tarsiers and anthropoids among primates, and therefore they were labeled together as Haplorhini (haplo means 'simple, single' in Greek).}}Is Strepsirrhine a Scrabble Word?
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