Parapithecus

noun

Para·​pithe·​cus

¦parəpə̇¦thēkəs,

-ˈpithə̇k-

: a genus of extremely primitive old-world monkeys from the Oligocene of Egypt that are commonly regarded as near the point of divergence of the Cercopithecidae and the higher anthropoid apes and are sometimes made type of a separate family

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from para- entry 1 + -pithecus

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