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platyrrhiny

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plat·yr·rhine   (plāt'ĭ-rīn')   
adj.  

  1. Of or designating the New World monkeys, distinguished from the Old World monkeys by widely separated nostrils that generally open to the side.

  2. Having a broad flat nose.

n.  A platyrrhine monkey.

[New Latin Platyrrhīna, group name, from Greek platurrhīs, broad-nosed : platu-, platy- + rhīs, rhīn-, nose.]
plat'yr·rhi'ny (-rī'nē) n.
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