platyrrhine

American  

[plat-i-rahyn, -rin] / ˈplæt ɪˌraɪn, -rɪn /

adjective

1. Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.

2. belonging or pertaining to the subdivision of simians that comprises New World monkeys, characterized by noses flatter than those of other simians and with widely separated, side-facing nostrils.

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noun

1. Anthropology. a platyrrhine hominin.

2. a platyrrhine animal.

platyrrhine British  

/ ˈplætɪˌraɪn, ˌplætɪˈrɪnɪən /

adjective

1. (esp of New World monkeys) having widely separated nostrils opening to the side of the face

2. (of humans) having an unusually short wide nose

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noun

1. an animal or person with this characteristic

platyrrhine Scientific  

/ plăt′ĭ-rīn′ /

1. Of or relating to the New World monkeys, distinguished from the Old World monkeys by a broad nasal septum and widely separated nostrils that generally open to the side.

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Etymology

Origin of platyrrhine

First recorded in 1835–45; from New Latin Platyrrhīnī, plural of platyrrhīnus, from Greek platyrrhīn(os), “flat nosed, broad nosed,” equivalent to platý(s) + -rhīn- “nosed, flat nosed,” adj. derivative of rhī́s, stem rhīn- nose, snout; see origin at platy-, rhino- ( def. ); cf. catarrhine, haplorhine ( def. ), strepsirrhine ( def. )

Example Sentences

The Catarrhine and Platyrrhine monkeys agree in a multitude of characters, as is shewn by their unquestionably belonging to one and the same Order.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

The fossil quadrumana, also associated with some of these forms in the Brazilian caves, belong to the Platyrrhine family of monkeys, now peculiar to South America.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir