Broadnosed (Adjective)
Meaning
Of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The family Pitheciidae consists of broadnosed New World monkeys like the tamarins and the uakaris.
- The physical characteristic of being broadnosed is not unique to specific species of monkeys but can also be observed in certain human populations.
- Children of broadnosed parents were often teased for their distinctive facial feature when they were young.
- This is because the broadnosed monkeys are diurnal creatures that sleep in forests during the night and hunt for food in the daytime.
- Scientists studied the relationship between facial features and environmental adaptations in broadnosed individuals from different parts of the world.