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Meaning of PITHECOID

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pith"e*coid\, a. [Gr. ? an ape + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. Of or pertaining to the genus {Pithecia}, or subfamily
   {Pithecin[ae]}, which includes the saki, ouakari, and
   other allied South American monkeys.

2. Of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes in particular, or
   to the higher apes of the Old World, collectively.

 

 

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