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Definition of Platyrhine
1. Adjective. Of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses.
Derivative terms: Platyrrhine, Platyrrhine, Platyrrhine
Antonyms: Catarrhine, Leptorrhine
Definition of Platyrhine
1. a. Having the nose broad; -- opposed to leptorhine.
Medical Definition of Platyrhine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Platyrhine
Literary usage of Platyrhine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1888)
"... and platyrhine divisions. Hence- the members of this supposed ancient group
would not have been so uniform in their dentition, or in the structure of ..."
2. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Royal Society of Tasmania (1898)
"Male 6 54'0 49'1 62-2 platyrhine Female ... 3 55'2 49-0 587 "„ Average . ...
Both sexes therefore belong to the platyrhine group. The variation is 13'2. ..."
3. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1903)
"If with BROCA and FLOWER we regard all skulls in which the nasal index is 53 and
upwards as platyrhine, ie with the pyriform aperture wide in relation to ..."
4. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1888)
"... and platyrhine divisions. Hence- the members of this supposed ancient group
would not have been so uniform in their dentition, or in the structure of ..."
5. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Royal Society of Tasmania (1898)
"Male 6 54'0 49'1 62-2 platyrhine Female ... 3 55'2 49-0 587 "„ Average . ...
Both sexes therefore belong to the platyrhine group. The variation is 13'2. ..."
6. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1903)
"If with BROCA and FLOWER we regard all skulls in which the nasal index is 53 and
upwards as platyrhine, ie with the pyriform aperture wide in relation to ..."
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