PLATYRRHINE


Meaning of PLATYRRHINE in English

/plat"i ruyn', -rin/ , adj.

1. Anthropol. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.

2. belonging or pertaining to the primate group or superfamily Platyrrhini, comprising the New World monkeys, having a broad, flat nose and usually a long, prehensile tail.

n.

3. a platyrrhine animal.

Also, platyrrhinian /plat'i rin"ee euhn/ .

[ 1835-45; Platyrrhini, pl. of PLATYRHINUS platy- PLATY- + -rhin- -nosed, adj. deriv. of rhís, s. rhin- nose, snout; cf. CATARRHINE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .