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| 单词 | dryopithecine |
| 释义 | dryopithecine in British English (ˌdraɪəʊˈpɪθəˌsiːn) noun any extinct Old World ape of the genus Dryopithecus, common in Miocene and Pliocene times: thought to be the ancestors of modern apes Word origin C20: from New Latin Dryopithēcus, from Greek drus tree + pithēkos apedryopithecine in American English (ˌdraɪoʊˈpɪθəˌsin; ˌdraɪoʊˈpɪθəˌsaɪn; ˌdraɪoʊˈpɪθəsɪn) adjective 1. of or belonging to a genus (Dryopithecus) of fossil apelike animals noun 2. a dryopithecine ape Word origin < ModL Dryopithecinae, name of the subfamily < Dryopithecus, type genus < Gr drys, tree + ModL -pithecus, ape (see Pithecanthropus erectus) + -inae, suffix for members of a subfamily < L, fem. pl. of -inus, -ine1Word lists withmammal |
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