dryopithecine

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of, or relating to, the primate subfamily †Dryopithecinae, considered to be relatives of both humans and apes.
2. noun Any member of this subfamily of primates.

Similar words

pithecoid anthropoid hominine papionine chimpanzoid prosimian didelphian papionin orangoid pithecanthropine

Often followed by

apes ape

Word family

dryopithecinae dryopithecines