GENUS KENYAPITHECUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Kenyapithecus mean? 

• GENUS KENYAPITHECUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS KENYAPITHECUS has 1 sense:

1. extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya

  Familiarity information: GENUS KENYAPITHECUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS KENYAPITHECUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Kenyapithecus; Kenyapithecus

Hypernyms ("genus Kenyapithecus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Holonyms ("genus Kenyapithecus" is a member of...):

Hominoidea; superfamily Hominoidea (anthropoid apes and human beings)