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dryopithecine Definition

dryo·pith·ecine (drī′ō pit̸hə sēn′, -sīn′, -sin)

adjective

of or belonging to a genus (Dryopithecus) of fossil apelike animals

Etymology: < ModL Dryopithecinae, name of the subfamily < Dryopithecus, type genus < Gr drys, tree + ModL -pithecus, ape (see Pithecanthropus erectus) + -inae, suffix for members of a subfamily < L, fem. pl. of -inus, -ine

noun

a dryopithecine ape

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