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from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, platyrrhine, as a monkey.
- In anthropology, having broad flat nasal bones, as a person, a people, or a skull.
- noun A platyrrhinian animal, person, or skull.
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- adjective of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses
- noun hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
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