Xenopithecus

noun

Xeno·​pithe·​cus

ˌzenəpə̇ˈthēkəs,

-ˈpithə̇k-

: a genus of eastern African Lower Miocene apes known from imperfect fossil remains and possibly on the ancestral line of the orangutan

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from xen- + -pithecus

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