Pliopithecus

noun
Plio·​pithe·​cus | \ ˌplīōpə̇ˈthēkəs, -ōˈpithə̇kəs\

Definition of Pliopithecus

: a genus of anthropoids found in the Upper Miocene and Lower Pliocene strata of Europe and possibly Asia having a very similar dentition to and commonly held to be ancestral to the gibbons

First Known Use of Pliopithecus

1857, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Pliopithecus

New Latin, from pleio- + -pithecus

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