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pithecian, a. Zool.|pɪˈθiːsɪən|
[ad. F. pithécien, f. Gr. πίθηκος ape: see -ian.]
Of or pertaining to Pithecia (Geoffroy, 1812), the typical genus of the Pitheciinæ, a subfamily of the Cabidæ, S. American monkeys commonly called Sakis. So piˈtheciine a., pertaining to the Pitheciinæ.
1890Cent. Dict., Pitheciine. 1893Athenæum 18 Mar. 349/3 The fundamental types of the molars are identical in man and the anthropoids, and the lower one differs entirely from that of the pithecian and cebian monkeys. |