platyrrhine

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platyrrhine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  platyrrhine
      adj 1: 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]
      n 1: hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated
           nostrils and long usually prehensile tails [syn: New World monkey
           , platyrrhine, platyrrhinian]