HyperDic: platyrrhinic

English > 1 sense of the word platyrrhinic:
ADJECTIVEallplatyrrhinic, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrhine, platyrhinian, broadnosedof or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses
English > platyrrhinic: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningOf or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses.
Synonymsplatyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrhine, platyrhinian, broadnosed
Oppositecatarrhine, catarrhinianOf or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward
leptorrhine, leptorhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinicHaving a long narrow nose
Spanishplatirrino
Nounsplatyrrhinehairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails

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