Platyrrhine is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PLATYRRHINE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a New World monkey
• hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
ADJECTIVE:
• having a broad, flat nose
• relating to primates of a group that comprises the New World monkeys, marmosets, and tamarins. They are distinguished by having nostrils that are far apart and directed forwards or sideways, and typically have a prehensile tail.
• a platyrrhine primate.
• of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses
• belonging to a division of the monkeys found in S America, which have widely spaced nostrils
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• ; of, relating to, or being any of a division (Platyrrhina) of arboreal New World monkeys characterized by a broad nasal septum, usually 36 teeth, and often a prehensile tail — compare catarrhine
• belonging to the division of the monkeys found in S. America, which have widely spaced nostrils

Words related to PLATYRRHINE

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Words that contain PLATYRRHINE

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How to use PLATYRRHINE in a sentence

• The platyrrhine and catarrhine monkeys have their primitive ancestor among extinct forms of the Lemuridae.

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