Definition of platyrhine Platyrhine
We found 5 definitions of platyrhine from 4 different sources.
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What does platyrhine mean?
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| platyrhine - of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses | ||
| platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrhinian, platyrrhinic, broadnosed | ||
| catarrhine, catarrhinian of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- platyrhine (a.)
Having the nose broad; -- opposed to leptorhine. - platyrhine (n.)
One of the Platyrhini.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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platyrhine
plat′i-rin, adj. broad-nosed.—n. a platyrhine monkey
