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Definition of: Dryopithecus
(drī′ō·pi·thē′kəs) Paleontol. noun
Any of a genus of extinct apes of the Miocene and Pliocene epochs: closely related types are Sivapithecus and Proconsul. [NL <Gk. drys, dryos an oak tree + pithēkos a monkey, ape]
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