HyperDic: dryopithecine

English > 1 sense of the word dryopithecine:
NOUNanimaldryopithecineconsidered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans
English > dryopithecine: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningConsidered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans.
Member ofDryopithecus, genus Dryopithecusgenus of Old World hominoids
Narrowerrudapithecus, Dryopithecus Rudapithecus hungaricusfossil hominoids from northern central Hungary
BroaderhominidA primate of the family Hominidae

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