dryopithecine

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  1. noun An extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World fossil remains of the Miocene and Pliocene epochs and believed to be an ancestor of the anthropoid apes and humans.
  2. adjective Of or belonging to the genus Dryopithecus.

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  1. From New Latin Dryopithēcus, genus name : Greek drūs, oak; see deru- in Indo-European roots + Greek pithēkos, ape.
 

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