Definition of Leptorrhinic

1. Adjective. Having a long narrow nose.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Leptorrhinic

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

Literary usage of Leptorrhinic

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"Such is the case among the Eskimo, who are leptorrhinic, and belong at the same time to the same group as the American and northern Asiatic tribes. ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1895)
"... their noses more leptorrhinic, than those of the men, while among almost all races the reverse is the case. This fact led me first to suspect that the ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Leptorrhinic on Dictionary.com!Search for Leptorrhinic on Thesaurus.com!Search for Leptorrhinic on Google!Search for Leptorrhinic on Wikipedia!

Search