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ALGERIPITHECUS MINUTUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Algeripithecus minutus mean?

• ALGERIPITHECUS MINUTUS (noun)
The noun ALGERIPITHECUS MINUTUS has 1 sense:

1. tiny (150 to 300 grams) extinct primate of 46 to 50 million years ago; fossils found in Algeria; considered by some authorities the leading candidate for the first anthropoid

Familiarity information: ALGERIPITHECUS MINUTUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ALGERIPITHECUS MINUTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Algeripithecus minutus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Tiny (150 to 300 grams) extinct primate of 46 to 50 million years ago; fossils found in Algeria; considered by some authorities the leading candidate for the first anthropoid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Algeripithecus minutus" is a kind of...):

hominoid (a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea)

Holonyms ("Algeripithecus minutus" is a member of...):

Algeripithecus; genus Algeripithecus (an extinct genus of Hominoidea)

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