'Platyrhine' definitions:
Definition of 'platyrhine'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses [syn: platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhinic, broadnosed] [ant: catarrhine, catarrhinian, leptorhine, leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic]
Definition of 'Platyrhine'
From: 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]