platyrrhinic

• Adjectif désuet ou technique se rapportant à un nez large et plat, employé dans d'anciennes descriptions anatomiques ou anthropologiques.

An obsolete adjective relating to having a broad, flat nose; used in historical anatomical or anthropological descriptions.

1. Broad-nosedC2formalscientific

   Relating to primates, especially New World monkeys, that have a broad nasal septum with nostrils set far apart; also used to describe humans with a broad nose.

   Au nez large

   • The platyrrhinic monkeys of South America are distinct from Old World species.
   • Anthropologists noted the platyrrhinic features of the ancient skull.
   • The term 'platyrrhinic' is used to describe a specific nasal morphology.

   Synonymesbroadnosedplatyrrhineplatyrrhinian