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GENUS SIVAPITHECUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sivapithecus mean?

• GENUS SIVAPITHECUS (noun)
The noun GENUS SIVAPITHECUS has 1 sense:

1. extinct primates; lower Pliocene

Familiarity information: GENUS SIVAPITHECUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS SIVAPITHECUS (noun)

Sense 1

genus Sivapithecus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Extinct primates; lower Pliocene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Sivapithecus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sivapithecus"):

Sivapithecus (fossil primates found in India)

Holonyms ("genus Sivapithecus" is a member of...):

family Hominidae; Hominidae (modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man)

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