Definition of Leptorrhinian

1. Adjective. Having a long narrow nose.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Leptorrhinian

leptons
leptophilic
leptophobic
leptophonia
leptophonic
leptophos
leptophoses
leptopodia
leptoproduction
leptoprosopia
leptoprosopic
leptoquark
leptoquarks
leptorhine
leptorrhine
leptorrhinian (current term)
leptorrhinic
leptoscope
leptosomatic
leptosome
leptosomes
leptospira canicola
leptospira interrogans
leptospiraceae
leptospiral
leptospiral jaundice
leptospire
leptospires
leptospiroses
leptospirosis

Literary usage of Leptorrhinian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar by Thomas Rice Holmes (1907)
"... intermediate, and leptorrhinian narrow.' *• I should have added that the orbital index, which is important, denotes the relation of the breadth of the ..."

2. Materials for the Physical Anthropology of the Eastern European Jews by Maurice Fishberg (1907)
"... follows : It is evident from these figures that both Jews and Jewesses are generally leptorrhinian. Broad noses are quite infrequent, NASAL INDEX JEWS . ..."

3. Memoirs of the American Anthropological and Ethnological Societies by American Ethnological Society, American Anthropological Association (1907)
"... is as follows : It is evident from these figures that both Jews and Jewesses are generally leptorrhinian. Broad noses are quite infrequent, ..."

4. American Civilization and the Negro: The Afro-American in Relation to by Charles Victor Roman (1916)
"leptorrhinian. Thin-nosed; used to describe certain classes of people. Lugubrious. Sad; mournful; indicating sorrow. Marchette or Marchetta. ..."

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