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Definition of "flat-nosed" [flat-nosed]

  • Having a flat nose; in zoology, same as platyrrhine: as, the flat-nosed or platyrrhine monkeys.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "flat-nosed" in a sentence
  • "Out in the street, the garbage trucks are grumbling from driveway to driveway, grim flat-nosed workaday goblins."
  • "The Henry is a blowback semiauto with a rough chamber and a reputation for unreliable feeding, and jamming was the rule until I switched from flat-nosed, regular-velocity ammo to CCi Stingers, which are high-velocity jacketed round-nose bullets."
  • "Here was the fighter -- the beast with a streak for a forehead, with beady eyes under lowering and bushy brows, flat-nosed, thick-lipped, sullen-mouthed."
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