Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having the characters of the monkeys of the subfamily Pitheciinæ; pithecian.
- Of or pertaining to the Pitheciinæ.
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Indeed, all of the Burmese amphipithecids appear to have been specialized seed predators, filling the same ecological niche occupied by modern pitheciine monkeys in the Amazon Basin of South America.
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