GENUS PROCONSUL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Proconsul mean? 

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

1. genus of extinct primitive African primates of the Miocene epoch; sometimes considered a subgenus of Dryopithecus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PROCONSUL (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of extinct primitive African primates of the Miocene epoch; sometimes considered a subgenus of Dryopithecus

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Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Proconsul"):

proconsul (an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul)

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

Hominoidea; superfamily Hominoidea (anthropoid apes and human beings)