Amphirhina :: Amphirhina (n. pl.) A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double..

Catarrhine :: Catarrhine (n.) One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey..

Gymnorhinal :: Gymnorhinal (a.) Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds..

Holorhinal :: Holorhinal (a.) Having the nasal bones contiguous.

Leptorhine :: Leptorhine (a.) Having the nose narrow; -- said esp. of the skull. Opposed to platyrhine.

Mesorhine :: Mesorhine (a.) Having the nose of medium width; between leptorhine and platyrhine.

Monorhina :: Monorhina (n. pl.) The Marsipobranchiata.

Murrhine :: Murrhine (a.) Made of the stone or material called by the Romans murrha; -- applied to certain costly vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups; as, murrhine vases, cups, vessels..

Myrrhine :: Myrrhine (a.) Murrhine.

Phyllorhine :: Phyllorhine (a.) Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils.

Platyrhine :: Platyrhine (a.) Having the nose broad; -- opposed to leptorhine.

Platyrhine :: Platyrhine (n.) One of the Platyrhini.

Platyrhini :: Platyrhini (n. pl.) A division of monkeys, including the American species, which have a broad nasal septum, thirty-six teeth, and usually a prehensile tail. See Monkey..

Prorhinal :: Prorhinal (a.) Situated in front of the nasal chambers.

Rhinal :: Rhinal (a.) Og or pertaining to the nose or olfactory organs.

Rhinaster :: Rhinaster (n.) The borele.

Rhine :: Rhine (n.) A water course; a ditch.

Rhinencephala :: Rhinencephala (pl. ) of Rhinencephalo.

Rhinencephalic :: Rhinencephalic (a.) Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon.

Rhinencephalon :: Rhinencephalon (n.) The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise..

Rhinestone :: Rhinestone (n.) A colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive ornament..

Rhinitis :: Rhinitis (n.) Infllammation of the nose; esp., inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nostrils..

Rhino :: Rhino (n.) Gold and silver, or money..

Rhino- :: Rhino- () A combining form from Greek //, ///, the nose, as in rhinolith, rhinology..

Rhinocerial :: Rhinocerial (a.) Alt. of Rhinocerica.

Rhinocerical :: Rhinocerical (a.) Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn..

Rhinoceros :: Rhinoceros (n.) Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout..

Rhinocerote :: Rhinocerote (n.) A rhinoceros.

Rhinocerotic :: Rhinocerotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros.

Rhinolite :: Rhinolite (n.) Alt. of Rhinolit.

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