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dry•o•pith•e•cine



Pronunciation: (drī"ō-pith'u-sēn", -sīn", -pu-thē'sin, -sīn), [key]
—n.
(sometimes cap.) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.

—adj.
of or pertaining to this ape.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

dryomorphDryopithecus
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