Plat`y*rhi"ni (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. broad + , , nose.] Zool.

A division of monkeys, including the American species, which have a broad nasal septum, thirty-six teeth, and usually a prehensile tail. See Monkey.

[Written also Platyrrhini.]

 

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