Platyrhine \Plat"y*rhine\, a. [Platy + Gr. ?, ?, nose.] (Anat.)
Having the nose broad; -- opposed to {leptorhine}. -- n.
(Zo["o]l.) One of the Platyrhini.
platyrhine
adj : of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart
or to people with broad noses [syn: {platyrrhine}, {platyrrhinian},
{platyrhinian}, {platyrrhinic}, {broadnosed}] [ant: {catarrhine},
{leptorrhine}]