n.
Pronunciation: ˌ dr ī - ō - ' pi-th ə - ˌ s ī n
Function: noun
Etymology: ultimately from Greek drys tree + pith ē kos 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
– dryopithecine adjective