Aegyptopithecus

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(i jip′tō pithi kəs, -pə thēkəs)


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Ae•gyp•to•pith•e•cus  (i jip′tō pithi kəs, -pə thēkəs),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Physical Anthropologya genus of extinct anthropoid ape of the Oligocene Period known from remains found in Egypt.
  • Greek píthēkos
  • Neo-Latin (1965), equivalent. to Latin Aegypt(us) Egypt + Neo-Latin -o- -o- + pithecus ape


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