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Definition of Platyrrhinian
1. Adjective. Of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses.
Derivative terms: Platyrrhine, Platyrrhine, Platyrrhine
Antonyms: Catarrhine, Leptorrhine
2. Noun. Hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails.
Generic synonyms: Monkey
Group relationships: Platyrrhini, Superfamily Platyrrhini
Specialized synonyms: Marmoset, Capuchin, Cebus Capucinus, Ringtail, Aotus Trivirgatus, Douroucouli, Howler, Howler Monkey, Saki, Uakari, Titi, Titi Monkey, Ateles Geoffroyi, Spider Monkey, Saimiri Sciureus, Squirrel Monkey, Woolly Monkey
Derivative terms: Platyrhinian, Platyrrhinic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Platyrrhinian
Literary usage of Platyrrhinian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preadamites: Or, A Demonstraiton of the Existence of Men Before Adam by Alexander Winchell (1890)
"... one of the smallest cranial capacities known among mankind ; they are among
the most dolichocephalic, the most prognathous, and the most platyrrhinian. ..."
2. The Koropok-Guru Or Pit-dwellers of North Japan, And, A Critical Examination by John Batchelor (1904)
"... is quite large, but at the same time very much elongated, and the indication
which a comparison of these two dimensions gives is platyrrhinian. ..."
3. Bulletin by Government Museum (Madras, India), Edgar Thurston (1894)
"... of low stature, very dark-skinned, and platyrrhinian (with wide nasal skeleton),
inhabiting Malabar, where they were formerly ..."
4. Preadamites: Or, A Demonstraiton of the Existence of Men Before Adam by Alexander Winchell (1890)
"... one of the smallest cranial capacities known among mankind ; they are among
the most dolichocephalic, the most prognathous, and the most platyrrhinian. ..."
5. The Koropok-Guru Or Pit-dwellers of North Japan, And, A Critical Examination by John Batchelor (1904)
"... is quite large, but at the same time very much elongated, and the indication
which a comparison of these two dimensions gives is platyrrhinian. ..."
6. Bulletin by Government Museum (Madras, India), Edgar Thurston (1894)
"... of low stature, very dark-skinned, and platyrrhinian (with wide nasal skeleton),
inhabiting Malabar, where they were formerly ..."
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