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单词 platyrrhine
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Definition of platyrrhine in English:

platyrrhine

adjective ˈplatɪrʌɪn
Zoology
  • Relating to primates of a group that comprises the New World monkeys, marmosets, and tamarins. They are distinguished by having nostrils that are far apart and directed forwards or sideways, and typically have a prehensile tail.

    (包括西半球的猴、狨和柽柳猴等灵长类群)阔鼻的。比较CATARRHINE

    Compare with catarrhine
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In addition, newly generated DNA sequences indicate that platyrrhine monkeys use a different mechanism of alpha gene expression control than that found in catarrhines.
    • The subsequent chapters offer broad discussion of the platyrrhine fossil record and, compared to early chapters, are richly illustrated with both cranial and postcranial material.
noun ˈplatɪrʌɪn
Zoology
  • A platyrrhine primate.

    阔鼻灵长动物

    Infraorder Platyrrhini, order Primates: families Cebidae and Callitrichidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were five primate lineages studied here: hominoids, colobines, cercopithecines, platyrrhines (New World monkeys), and lemurs.
    • The failure is not due to the number of sequences included, as the species phylogeny was not recovered for either catarrhines or platyrrhines when all nuclear sequences were excluded from the phylogenetic analysis.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from platy- 'flat' + Greek rhis, rhin- 'nose' + -ine1.

Definition of platyrrhine in US English:

platyrrhine

adjective
Zoology
  • Relating to primates of a group that comprises the New World monkeys, marmosets, and tamarins. They are distinguished by having nostrils that are far apart and directed forward or sideways, and typically have a prehensile tail.

    (包括西半球的猴、狨和柽柳猴等灵长类群)阔鼻的。比较CATARRHINE

    Compare with catarrhine
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In addition, newly generated DNA sequences indicate that platyrrhine monkeys use a different mechanism of alpha gene expression control than that found in catarrhines.
    • The subsequent chapters offer broad discussion of the platyrrhine fossil record and, compared to early chapters, are richly illustrated with both cranial and postcranial material.
noun
Zoology
  • A platyrrhine primate.

    阔鼻灵长动物

    Infraorder Platyrrhini, order Primates: families Cebidae and Callitrichidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The failure is not due to the number of sequences included, as the species phylogeny was not recovered for either catarrhines or platyrrhines when all nuclear sequences were excluded from the phylogenetic analysis.
    • There were five primate lineages studied here: hominoids, colobines, cercopithecines, platyrrhines (New World monkeys), and lemurs.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from platy- ‘flat’ + Greek rhis, rhin- ‘nose’ + -ine.

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