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platyrrhine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun platyrrhine has 1 sense
- platyrrhine(n = noun.animal) new world monkey, platyrrhinian - hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails; Array is a kind of monkey
is a member of platyrrhini, superfamily platyrrhini
has particulars: marmoset, capuchin, cebus capucinus, ringtail, aotus trivirgatus, douroucouli, howler, howler monkey, saki, uakari, titi, titi monkey, ateles geoffroyi, spider monkey, saimiri sciureus, squirrel monkey, woolly monkey
Derived forms adjective platyrhinian1, adjective platyrrhinian1, adjective platyrrhinic1
Adjective platyrrhine has 1 sense
- platyrrhine(a = adj.all) broadnosed, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic - of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses; Array Antonyms: catarrhine, leptorrhine
OXFORD DICTIONARY
platyrrhine, adj. & n.
--adj. (of primates) having nostrils far apart and directed forwards or sideways (cf. CATARRHINE).
--n. such an animal.
--adj. (of primates) having nostrils far apart and directed forwards or sideways (cf. CATARRHINE).
--n. such an animal.
Etymology
PLATY- + Gk rhis rhin- nose
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