of or belonging to a genus (Dryopithecus) of fossil apelike animals
noun
a dryopithecine ape
See dryopithecine in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(drīˌō-pĭthˈĭ-sēnˌ)
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.