mesorrhine

[ mez-uh-rahyn, -rin, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh- ]

adjectiveAnthropology.

having a moderately broad and high-bridged nose.

Origin of mesorrhine

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1875–80; meso- + -rrhine<Greek -rhīnos -nosed, adj. derivative of rhī́s nose

Other words from mesorrhine

mes·or·rhi·ny, noun

Words Nearby mesorrhine

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How to use mesorrhine in a sentence

Nose, rather small, often straight with widish nostrils (mesorrhine).
Man, Past and Present | Agustus Henry Keane

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