Platyrrhine

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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


           nostrils and long usually prehensile tails [syn: {New
           World monkey}]