Platyrhine

2 definitions found

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

  Platyrhine \Plat"y*rhine\, a. [Platy + Gr. ?, ?, nose.] (Anat.)
     Having the nose broad; -- opposed to {leptorhine}. -- n.
     (Zool.) One of the Platyrhini.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  platyrhine
       adj : of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart
             or to people with broad noses [syn: {platyrrhine}, {platyrrhinian},
              {platyrhinian}, {platyrrhinic}, {broadnosed}] [ant: {catarrhine},
              {leptorrhine}]