Propliopithecus

noun
Pro·​pliopithecus | \ prō+\

Definition of Propliopithecus

: a genus of small primitive short-jawed anthropoids from the Lower Oligocene of Egypt related to the gibbon but having the same dental formula as man

First Known Use of Propliopithecus

1910, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Propliopithecus

New Latin, from pro- entry 1 + Pliopithecus

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