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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Dry•o•pith•e•cus (drī′ō pith′i kəs, -pə thē′-),USA pronunciation n. - Physical Anthropologyan extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- one of the four subgenera of this genus, limited to Europe. Cf. dryomorph, Proconsul.
- Greek drŷ(s) tree, oak + -o- -o- + píthēkos monkey
- Neo-Latin (1856)
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