† pitheciann.adj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Greek πίθηκος , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πίθηκος ape (see pithecoid adj. and n.) + -ian suffix; in use as adjective after scientific Latin Pithecia, genus name (see pitheciine adj. and n.). With the noun compare French pithécien (1869 or earlier). N.E.D.(1907) gives the pronunciation as (piþī·siăn) /pɪˈθiːsɪən/.

Zoology. Obsolete. rare.

A. n.

An ape (of a grade considered lower than the anthropoids); a pithecoid.

ΚΠ

1888 Catholic World Jan. 464 Under the head of Anthropology the following are some of the questions proposed: 1. The specific nature of man. The human kingdom, hominians, anthropoids, and pithecians.

B. adj.

Of or relating to a group of New World monkeys including the genus Pithecia (sakis); pitheciine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > New World > of types of

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1893 Athenæum 18 Mar. 349/3 The fundamental types of the molars are identical in man and the anthropoids, and the lower one differs entirely from that of the pithecian and cebian monkeys.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	pithecian
释义	† pitheciann.adj. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Greek πίθηκος , -ian suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek πίθηκος ape (see pithecoid adj. and n.) + -ian suffix; in use as adjective after scientific Latin Pithecia, genus name (see pitheciine adj. and n.). With the noun compare French pithécien (1869 or earlier). N.E.D.(1907) gives the pronunciation as (piþī·siăn) /pɪˈθiːsɪən/. Zoology. Obsolete. rare. A. n. An ape (of a grade considered lower than the anthropoids); a pithecoid. ΚΠ 1888 Catholic World Jan. 464 Under the head of Anthropology the following are some of the questions proposed: 1. The specific nature of man. The human kingdom, hominians, anthropoids, and pithecians. B. adj. Of or relating to a group of New World monkeys including the genus Pithecia (sakis); pitheciine. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > New World > of types of thumbless1720 cebine1863 pithecine1870 pitheciine1890 pithecian1893 callitrichid1958 pithecine1973 1893 Athenæum 18 Mar. 349/3 The fundamental types of the molars are identical in man and the anthropoids, and the lower one differs entirely from that of the pithecian and cebian monkeys. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.adj.1888
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