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platyrrhine
[ plat-i-rahyn, -rin ]
adjective
- Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
- 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. Compare catarrhine.
noun
- Anthropology. a platyrrhine hominin.
- a platyrrhine animal.
platyrrhine
/ ˌplætɪˈrɪnɪən; ˈplætɪˌraɪn /
adjective
- (esp of New World monkeys) having widely separated nostrils opening to the side of the face
- (of humans) having an unusually short wide nose
noun
- an animal or person with this characteristic
platyrrhine
/ plăt′ĭ-rīn′ /
- 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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Example Sentences
The platyrrhine and catarrhine monkeys have their primitive ancestor among extinct forms of the Lemuridae.
This family embraces the typical Platyrrhine Monkeys, and to it belongs the great majority of the American species.
From this feature these Monkeys have been described by some naturalists as Platyrrhine or Megarrhine.
The skull is dolichocephalic with an average cranial index of 72, prognathous and platyrrhine.
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