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GENUS DRYOPITHECUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dryopithecus mean?
• GENUS DRYOPITHECUS (noun)
The noun GENUS DRYOPITHECUS has 1 sense:
1. genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene
Familiarity information: GENUS DRYOPITHECUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dryopithecus; genus Dryopithecus
Hypernyms ("genus Dryopithecus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Dryopithecus"):
dryopithecine (considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans)
Dryopithecus Rudapithecus hungaricus; rudapithecus (fossil hominoids from northern central Hungary; late Miocene)
Holonyms ("genus Dryopithecus" is a member of...):
family Hominidae; Hominidae (modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man)
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