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Definition of Leptorhine
1. Adjective. Having a long narrow nose.
Definition of Leptorhine
1. a. Having the nose narrow; -- said esp. of the skull. Opposed to platyrhine.
Definition of Leptorhine
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Having a narrow nose. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Leptorhine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Leptorhine
Literary usage of Leptorhine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Journal by Geological society of London (1867)
"In the river-deposits of the Thames valley a leptorhine premolar 4 and molar 2 (fig.
5) were discovered in 1862, during the main- drainage works near ..."
2. A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds by Richard. Owen (1846)
"... the transverse exceeds the antero-posterior diameter of the shaft six inches
from the lower end; in that of the leptorhine species, these proportions ..."
3. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1905)
"... and leptorhine. All the sutures of the vault are open; there are two Wormian
bones in the left ..."
4. Horns and Hoofs: Or Chapters on Hoofed Animals by Richard Lydekker (1893)
"Two of these, respectively known as the leptorhine and ... evidence of their
affinity, it may be mentioned that a carcase of either the leptorhine or ..."
5. The Study of Man by Alfred Cort Haddon (1898)
"... quinary classification of the nasal index of the living:— Ultra leptorhine..
Hyper leptorhine ..."
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