dryopithecine

dry·o·pith·e·cine  (dr-pth-sn)

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.

adj.

Of or belonging to the genus Dryopithecus.

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[From New Latin Dryopithcus, genus name : Greek drs, oak; see deru- in Indo-European roots + Greek pithkos, ape.]

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dryopithecine [ˌdraɪəʊˈpɪθəˌsiːn]

n

(Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) any extinct Old World ape of the genus Dryopithecus, common in Miocene and Pliocene times: thought to be the ancestors of modern apes

[from New Latin Dryopithēcus, from Greek drus tree + pithēkos ape]

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dryopithecine  (dr-pth-sn)

An extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from fossil remains of the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is believed to be an ancestor of the anthropoid apes and humans.

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Noun

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dryopithecine - considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans hominid - a primate of the family Hominidae Dryopithecus, genus Dryopithecus - genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene Dryopithecus Rudapithecus hungaricus, rudapithecus - fossil hominoids from northern central Hungary; late Miocene