AEGYPTOPITHECUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aegyptopithecus mean? 

• AEGYPTOPITHECUS (noun)
  The noun AEGYPTOPITHECUS has 1 sense:

1. extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; fossils found in Egypt

  Familiarity information: AEGYPTOPITHECUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEGYPTOPITHECUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; fossils found in Egypt

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Aegyptopithecus" is a kind of...):

hominoid (a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea)

Holonyms ("Aegyptopithecus" is a member of...):

genus Aegyptopithecus (a genus of Hominoidea)