platyrhine adj 1: of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses [syn: {platyrrhine}, {platyrrhinian}, {platyrhine}, {platyrhinian}, {platyrrhinic}, {broadnosed}] [ant: {catarrhine}, {catarrhinian}, {leptorhine}, {leptorrhine}, {leptorrhinian}, {leptorrhinic}]
Platyrhine \Plat"y*rhine\, a. [Platy + Gr. ?, ?, nose.] (Anat.) Having the nose broad; -- opposed to {leptorhine}. -- n. (Zool.) One of the Platyrhini. [1913 Webster]