platyrrhine

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But this agreeable sight was spoiled at once by the quite horrible words Nycticebidoe, platyrrhine, catarrhine, from which I raised my eyes to see him coming at me with two pamphlets, and scolding as he came Are you educated, yes?

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  1. adjective Of or designating the New World monkeys, distinguished from the Old World monkeys by widely separated nostrils that generally open to the side.
  2. adjective Having a broad flat nose.
  3. noun A platyrrhine monkey.

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  • But this agreeable sight was spoiled at once by the quite horrible words Nycticebidoe, platyrrhine, catarrhine, from which I raised my eyes to see him coming at me with two pamphlets, and scolding as he came Are you educated, yes? —  Lady Baltimore
  • The platyrrhine and catarrhine monkeys have their primitive ancestor among extinct forms of the Lemuridae. —  Evolution in Modern Thought
  • "I am not partial to the platyrrhine races." —  Caesar or Nothing
  • A brunette girl, brachicephalic and rather platyrrhine .... —  Caesar or Nothing
  • He gave it a name, not as bad as platyrrhine, but —  Lady Baltimore
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  1. New Latin Platyrrhīna, group name, from Greek platurrhīs, broad-nosed : platu-, platy- + rhīs, rhīn-, nose.
 

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