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Platyrrhine

adjective
1.
Of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses.  Synonyms: broadnosed, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic.






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"Platyrrhine" Quotes from Famous Books



... all naturalists into the Catarrhine group, or Old World monkeys, all of which are characterised (as their name expresses) by the peculiar structure of their nostrils, and by having four premolars in each jaw; and into the Platyrrhine group or New World monkeys (including two very distinct sub- groups), all of which are characterised by differently constructed nostrils, and by having six premolars in each jaw. Some other small differences might be mentioned. Now man unquestionably ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin



Words linked to "Platyrrhine" :   ringtail, catarrhine, uakari, superfamily Platyrrhini, Saimiri sciureus, howler monkey, Cebus capucinus, howler, squirrel monkey, Aotus trivirgatus, marmoset, Ateles geoffroyi, monkey, platyrhinian, woolly monkey, spider monkey, capuchin, leptorrhine, Platyrrhini, saki, titi, douroucouli, titi monkey



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