单词 | platyrrhinian |
释义 | platyrrhiniann.adj. Zoology and Physical Anthropology. rare. A. n. = platyrrhine n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Platyrrhinae (New World monkey) platyrrhine1842 New World monkey1863 platyrrhinian1878 1878 R. T. H. Bartley tr. P. Topinard Anthropol. ii. ii. 257 The platyrrhinians, with the nasal skeleton wide. 1958 R. Garnett tr. B. Heuvelmans On Track of Unknown Animals xiv. 310 The nostrils are very wide apart, separated by a broad wall of cartilage: it is thus a Platyrrhinian, like all the other American monkeys. B. adj. = platyrrhine adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > New World platyrrhine1857 platyrrhinian1890 1890 Cent. Dict. Platyrrhinian.., in zoöl., platyrhine, as a monkey... In anthropol., having broad flat nasal bones, as a person, a people, or a skull. 1916 Man 16 88 Comparing these series with Predynastic Egyptians we find the latter more dolichocephalic, more prognathous, and more platyrrhinian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1878 |
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