Platyrrhine describes someone with a broad, flat nose.
Platyrrhine descreve alguém com um nariz largo e achatado.
Front | platyrrhine \PLAT-i-ryn, -rin\ |
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Back | adjective Having a broad, flat nose. [From Greek platy- (flat) + rhin (nose). Earliest documented use: 1842. New World monkeys, known for broad, flat noses and prehensile tails are called Platyrrhini.] "Again that terse, crisp sound lashed the clear air and one nostril of her platyrrhine nose became a bloody pockmark. She ceased to move." |
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