DRYOPITHECINE

Meaning of DRYOPITHECINE in English

noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek drys tree + pithēkos ape Date: 1939 any of a subfamily (Dryopithecinae) of Miocene and Pliocene Old World anthropoid apes sometimes regarded as ancestors of both humans and modern anthropoids, ~ adjective

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

DRYOPITHECINE — Any member of the genus Dryopithecus , a group of extinct apelike animals. The species are representative of a group …
Английский словарь Британика
DRYOPITHECINE — adjective or noun see dryopithecinae
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRYOPITHECINE — /druy'oh pith"euh seen', -suyn', -peuh thee"sin, -suyn/ , n. 1. ( sometimes cap. ) an extinct ape of the genus …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRYOPITHECINE — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek drys tree + pithēkos ape Date: 1939 : any of a subfamily (Dryopithecinae) of Miocene …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DRYOPITHECINE — [dryo.pith.e.cine] n [ultim. fr. Gk drys tree + pithekos ape] (1948): any of a subfamily (Dryopithecinae) of Miocene and Pliocene …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DRYOPITHECINE — n. Any member of the genus Dryopithecus , a group of extinct apelike animals. The species are representative of a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DRYOPITHECINE — n. Pronunciation: ˌ dr ī - ō - ' pi-th ə - ˌ s ī n Function: noun Etymology: ultimately …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BRAMAPITHECUS — ˌbräməpə̇ˈthēkəs, -ˈpithə̇kəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Brahma, first member of the Hindu trinity + New Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRYOPITHECUS — [ ˌdrʌɪə'pɪθɪkəs ] ■ noun a genus of anthropoid apes of the middle Miocene to early Pliocene periods, including the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DRYOPITHECUS — genus of extinct apelike animals that is representative of a group of small, generalized apes that contains the ancestors of …
Britannica English vocabulary

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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