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Platyrrhine

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Noun

1. new world monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian

hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails

Adjective

2. broadnosed, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic

of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Platyrrhine

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adjective
1. 
(esp of New World monkeys) having widely separated nostrils opening to the side of the face
2. 
(of humans) having an unusually short wide nose
noun
3. 
an animal or person with this characteristic

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Platyrrhine

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adjective
1. 
having a broad, flat nose with nostrils that open to the side, creating a wide, flat septum
noun
2. 
a platyrrhine animal, esp. the New World monkeys

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Platyrrhine

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adj.
1. Of or belonging to the primate infraorder Platyrrhini, characterized by widely separated nostrils that generally open to the side, and including the New World monkeys such as the spider monkeys, marmosets, and titis.
2. Having a broad flat nose.
n.
A platyrrhine monkey.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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