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platyrrhine

platyrrhine adjective: having a broad, flat nose.

Adjective

platyrrhine (not comparable)

  1. Having a broad, flat nose.

Noun

platyrrhine (plural platyrrhines)

  1. Any New World monkey of the Platyrrhini

platyrrhine meaning in Tagalog

platyrrhine in Tagalog

having a broad, flat nose
lapyad

Forms of platyrrhine

pluralplatyrrhines

Origin of platyrrhine

See platy- and rhino-.

Words formed from platyrrhine

Questions about platyrrhine

What does platyrrhine mean?
Platyrrhine means having a broad, flat nose.
What is platyrrhine in Tagalog?
Platyrrhine in Tagalog is lapyad. See Platyrrhine meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is platyrrhine?
Platyrrhine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near platyrrhine in the dictionary

  1. platyrhines
  2. platyrhinid
  3. platyrhinids
  4. platyrhynchous
  5. platyrostral
  6. platyrrhine
  7. platyrrhines
  8. platyrrhinic
  9. platyrrhinism
  10. platyrrhiny
  11. platys

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