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Noun: dryopithecine
  1. Considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans
    "Fossils of dryopithecines have provided insights into primate evolution"

Derived forms: dryopithecines

Type of: hominid

Part of: Dryopithecus, genus Dryopithecus

Encyclopedia: Dryopithecine