Dryopithecus
Americannoun
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an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
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one of the four subgenera of this genus, limited to Europe.
Etymology
Origin of Dryopithecus
< New Latin (1856) < Greek drŷ ( s ) tree, oak + -o- -o- + píthēkos monkey
Example Sentences
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One molar which he was able to examine closely showed close affinities to Dryopithecus, a well-known genus of extinct apes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The general pattern seemed closely related to the dentition of Dryopithecus, a celebrated extinct ape.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is from a generalized type of Dryopithecus that most anthropologists believe man evolved.
From Time Magazine Archive
Much later—by 14 million years ago—the Dryopithecus line had split into three branches.
From Time Magazine Archive
The form which may have been in our line of descent, the Dryopithecus, later appears to have become extinct.
From Time and Change by Burroughs, John
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