DRYOPITHECINE


Meaning of DRYOPITHECINE in English

[dryo.pith.e.cine] n [ultim. fr. Gk drys tree + pithekos ape] (1948): any of a subfamily (Dryopithecinae) of Miocene and Pliocene Old World anthropoid apes sometimes regarded as ancestors of both man and modern anthropoids -- dryopithecine adj

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