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haplorrhine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hap-l-or-rhine
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any primate of the evolved clade (half of the order) which comprises all apes (including hominoids), monkeys and even (prosimian) tarsiers

Etymology

From Neo-Latin Haplorrhini, from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “simple”) + ῥίς (rhís, “nose”).

Inflected Forms

haplorrhines (plural)

Synonyms

dry-nosed

Antonyms

strepsirrhine

Questions

What does haplorrhine mean?
Any primate of the evolved clade (half of the order) which comprises all apes (including hominoids), monkeys and even (prosimian) tarsiers
Where does haplorrhine come from?
From Neo-Latin Haplorrhini, from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “simple”) + ῥίς (rhís, “nose”).

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