Noun
- 1. New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, monkey
- usage: hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
Adjective
- 1. platyrrhine (vs. catarrhine) (vs. leptorrhine), platyrrhinian, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhinic, broadnosed
- usage: of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses
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