genus dryopithecus

1. 1.

   genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene

   SynonymsDryopithecus

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofHominidae

Questions about genus dryopithecus

What does genus dryopithecus mean?

genus dryopithecus means "genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene".

What is another word for genus dryopithecus?

Close synonyms include Dryopithecus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus dryopithecus a common word?

genus dryopithecus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.