ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_pə̇ˈthēkəs, -ˈpithə̇kəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from dry- + -pithecus
: a genus of generalized Miocene and Pliocene Old World apes sometimes regarded as common ancestral forms of the anthropoid apes and man
ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_pə̇ˈthēkəs, -ˈpithə̇kəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from dry- + -pithecus
: a genus of generalized Miocene and Pliocene Old World apes sometimes regarded as common ancestral forms of the anthropoid apes and man
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012