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ALGERIPITHECUS MINUTUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
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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