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Ae•gyp•to•pith•e•cus
(i jip′tō pith′i kəs, -pə thē′kəs),USA pronunciation n.
- 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