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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. 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. adj. Of or belonging to the genus Dryopithecus.

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  1. adj. Of, or relating to, the primate genus Dryopithecus, considered to be relatives of both humans and apes.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans

Etymologies

  1. From New Latin Dryopithēcus, genus name : Greek drūs, oak; see deru- in Indo-European roots + Greek pithēkos, ape. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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