platyrrhinian

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsplatyrrhineplatyrhineplatyrhinianplatyrrhinicbroadnosed

Other forms of platyrrhinian

plural

platyrrhinians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about platyrrhinian

What does platyrrhinian mean?

platyrrhinian means "hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in platyrrhinian?

platyrrhinian has 5 syllables: pla-tyrr-hi-ni-an. The stress falls on "ni".

What is another word for platyrrhinian?

Close synonyms include New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhine, platyrhine, platyrhinian. 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 platyrrhinian a common word?

platyrrhinian is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.