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| plat·yr·rhine [ pláttə rn ] |
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having widely spaced nostrils: describes animals, especially New World monkeys, whose nostrils are well separated and point to either side
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noun (plural plat·yr·rhines) |
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platyrrhine monkey: a platyrrhine animal, especially a monkey
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| [Mid-19th century. Via modern Latin Platyrrhini< Greek platurrhis "broad-nosed" < platus "broad" + rhis "nose"] |
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