Leptorhine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leptorhine \Lep"to*rhine\ (l[e^]p"t[-o]*r[imac]n or *r[i^]n), a.
     [Gr. lepto`s small + "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose.] (Anat.)
     Having the nose narrow; -- said especially of the skull.
     Opposed to {platyrhine}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  leptorhine
       adj : having a long narrow nose [syn: {leptorrhine}, {leptorrhinian},
              {leptorrhinic}] [ant: {catarrhine}, {platyrrhine}]