platyrrhinian

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	platyrrhinian - hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tailsNew World monkey, platyrrhinemonkey - any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)Platyrrhini, superfamily Platyrrhini - New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarinmarmoset - small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nailsCebus capucinus, capuchin, ringtail - monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowlAotus trivirgatus, douroucouli - nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick furhowler monkey, howler - monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling crysaki - small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tailuakari - medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tailtiti monkey, titi - small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tailAteles geoffroyi, spider monkey - arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tailSaimiri sciureus, squirrel monkey - small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzlewoolly monkey - large monkeys with dark skin and woolly fur of the Amazon and Orinoco basins
Adj.	1.	platyrrhinian - of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad nosesbroadnosed, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinic