Oreopithecus

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ôr′ē ō pithi kəs, -pə thēkəs, ōr′-)


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Or•e•o•pith•e•cus  (ôr′ē ō pithi kəs, -pə thēkəs, ōr′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. 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


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