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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
/ ˈplætɪˌraɪn; ˌplætɪˈrɪnɪən /
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
/ ă′ĭ-ī′ /
- 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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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of platyrrhine1
First recorded in 1835–45; from New Latin ʱٲīī, plural of ٲīԳܲ, from Greek ٲī(Dz), “flat nosed, broad nosed,” equivalent to ý() + -ī- “nosed, flat nosed,” adj. derivative of ī́, stem ī- nose, snout; platy-, rhino- ( def ); catarrhine, haplorhine ( def ), strepsirrhine ( def )
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of platyrrhine1
C19: from New Latin platyrrhinus, from platy- + -rrhinus, from Greek rhis nose
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The skull is dolichocephalic with an average cranial index of 72, prognathous and platyrrhine.
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"I am not partial to the platyrrhine races."
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