leptorhine

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leptorhine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Leptorhine \Lep"to*rhine\ (l[e^]p"t[-o]*r[imac]n or *r[i^]n), a.
     [Gr. lepto`s small + "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose.] (Anat.)
     Having the nose narrow; -- said especially of the skull.
     Opposed to platyrhine.
     [1913 Webster]

leptorhine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  leptorhine
      adj 1: having a long narrow nose [syn: leptorrhine,
             leptorhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic] [ant:
             broadnosed, catarrhine, catarrhinian, platyrhine,
             platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian,
             platyrrhinic]