dryopithecine

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(drī′ō pithə sēn′, -sīn′, -pə thēsin, -sīn)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
dry•o•pith•e•cine  (drī′ō pithə sēn′, -sīn′, -pə thēsin, -sīn),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Physical Anthropology(sometimes cap.) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.

adj. 
  1. Physical Anthropologyof or pertaining to this ape.
  • Dryopithec(us) + -ine1 1945–50


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