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Or•e•o•pith•e•cus
(ôr′ē ō pith′i kəs, -pə thē′kəs, ōr′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Physical Anthropologya genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
- Greek ore- (stem of óros) hill, mountain + -o- -o- + píthēkos ape
- Neo-Latin