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Platyrrhine Broad Flat Plat I Ryn Rin Adjective Nose Greek

Platyrrhine describes someone with a broad, flat nose.

Platyrrhine descreve alguém com um nariz largo e achatado.

Front platyrrhine \PLAT-i-ryn, -rin\
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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