platyrrhine in English
adjective
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of or 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.
In addition, newly generated DNA sequences indicate that platyrrhine monkeys use a different mechanism of alpha gene expression control than that found in catarrhines.
noun
1
a platyrrhine primate.
There were five primate lineages studied here: hominoids, colobines, cercopithecines, platyrrhines (New World monkeys), and lemurs.
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