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单词 pithecological
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pithecologicaladj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πίθηκος , -logical comb. form.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πίθηκος ape (see pithecoid adj. and n.) + -logical comb. form. N.E.D.(1907) gives the pronunciation as (piþīkolǫ·dʒikăl) /pɪθiːkəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl/.
Obsolete.
Relating to the scientific study of apes.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [adjective] > mammals > primates > apes
pithecological1865
1865 Visct. Strangford Sel. Writings (1869) II. 110 Its proceedings..were not of a truly geographical, so much as of a more or less authentically pithecological, character.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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