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Dryopithecine
see synonyms of dryopithecineNoun
1. dryopithecine
considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans
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Dryopithecine
see synonyms of dryopithecinenoun
any extinct Old World ape of the genus Dryopithecus, common in Miocene and Pliocene times: thought to be the ancestors of modern apes
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Dryopithecine
see synonyms of dryopithecine adjective
1.
of or belonging to a genus (Dryopithecus) of fossil apelike animals
noun
2.
a dryopithecine ape
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