platyrhine

1. 1.

   of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses

   Synonymsplatyrrhineplatyrrhinianplatyrhinianplatyrrhinicbroadnosed

Questions about platyrhine

What does platyrhine mean?

platyrhine means "of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses".

How many syllables are in platyrhine?

platyrhine has 3 syllables: pla-tyr-hine. The stress falls on "pla".

What is another word for platyrhine?

Close synonyms include platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrhinian, platyrrhinic, broadnosed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is platyrhine a common word?

platyrhine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.