Meanings
nounpliopithecoid (plural pliopithecoids)
plural pliopithecoids
- A member of the extinct superfamily of catarrhine primates, Pliopithecoidea.
Pliopithecoids persisted in Europe, Asia and Africa long after the first true apes and Old World monkeys appeared, and the fossil of one was the specimen Darwin was referred to.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 110
Origin
From scientific Latin Pliopithecoidea (superfamily name).
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