Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology: A genus of American tyrant-flycatchers, belonging to the family Tyrannidæ, and typical of the subfamily Platyrhynchinæ, having a very broad flat bill with long vibrissæ, whence the name. There are several species, of South and Central America, as P. mystaceus. Megarhynchus is a synonym.
- noun Same as
Eurylæmus . - noun In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects.
- noun In herpetology, a genus of batrachians. Also
Platyrhincus .
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Examples
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Regulation of metabolic rate in Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) and Norwegian reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus).
Climate change and reindeer nomadism in Finnmark, Norway 2010
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Forage chemistry and fermentation chambers in Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus).
Climate change and reindeer nomadism in Finnmark, Norway 2010
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Life-history strategies and population dynamics of abomasal nematodes in Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus).
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The mountains contain three nationally endemic species of geckos: Asaccus montanus, A. platyrhynchus and Pristurus gallagheri.
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On dwarf reindeer, there was of course an even smaller non-migratory form than R.t. platyrhynchus, this being Dawson's caribou R.t. dawsoni (regarded by some as a distinct species) of the Queen Charlotte Islands.
Oh deer oh deer oh deer Darren Naish 2006
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So the biggest of all reindeer subspecies is non-migratory, and so is the smallest, the platyrhynchus subspecies of Spitzbergen.
Oh deer oh deer oh deer Darren Naish 2006
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Sacramento sucker, Catostomus occidentalis mountain sucker, Catostomus platyrhynchus shortnose sucker, Chasmistes brevirostris cui-ui sucker, Chasmistes cujus
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Sacramento sucker, Catostomus occidentalis mountain sucker, Catostomus platyrhynchus shortnose sucker, Chasmistes brevirostris cui-ui sucker, Chasmistes cujus
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Sacramento sucker, Catostomus occidentalis mountain sucker, Catostomus platyrhynchus shortnose sucker, Chasmistes brevirostris cui-ui sucker, Chasmistes cujus
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Sacramento sucker, Catostomus occidentalis mountain sucker, Catostomus platyrhynchus shortnose sucker, Chasmistes brevirostris cui-ui sucker, Chasmistes cujus
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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