platyrrhinian (platirinian)

and n. [ platyrrhine + platyrrhine + -ian.] I. a. 1. In zoöl., platyrrhine, as a monkey.-2. In anthropol., having ticut valley. broad flat nasal bones, bones, as a person, a people, or a skull. skull. slender, and the wings are small but comparatively broad, and sometimes hooked at the tip; the larvæ have 14 legs. Platypteryx (pla-tip'te-riks), n. [NL., Gr. πλατύς, broad, flat, + πτέρυξ, wing.] In entom., the typical genus of Platypterygidæ. The species are known as hook - tip moths.