belonging or pertaining to the genus Pithecia and related genera, including the saki monkeys
2. (loosely)
apelike; monkeylike
Word origin
[1860–65; ‹ NL pithēc(us) ape (‹ Gk píthēkos) + -oid]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Paleolithic, big brother, blind spot, institutionalism, prep-oid is a suffix meaning “resembling,” “like,” used in the formation of adjectives andnouns (and often implying an incomplete or imperfect resemblance to what is indicatedby the preceding element). Other words that use the affix -oid include: anthropoid, cardioid, lithoid, ovoid, planetoid