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dry•o•pith•e•cine
(drī′ō pith′ə sēn′, -sīn′, -pə thē′sin, -sīn),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- Physical Anthropology(sometimes cap.) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
adj.
- Physical Anthropologyof or pertaining to this ape.
- Dryopithec(us) + -ine1 1945–50