DRYOPITHECINE


Meaning of DRYOPITHECINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌdrī-ō-ˈpi-thə-ˌsīn ]

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

• dryopithecine adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.