Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a small nose or slender snout: specifically applied to a fossil rhinoceros, Rhinoceros leptorrhinus.
- Same as
leptorrhinian .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a long narrow nose
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The Sikh, Muhammadan and Hindu Jats, the Kashmírís and the Rájputs all belong to the tall, fair, leptorrhine
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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