Palaeosimia

noun

Palaeo·​simia

¦pālēō,

¦palēō+

: a genus of Miocene fossil apes from the Siwalik hills of India that resemble and are probably ancestral to the orangutan

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pale- + Latin simia ape

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Rhymes for Palaeosimia

• academia
• acidemia
• azotemia
• bacteremia
• hyperaemia
• hyperemia
• hypoxemia
• septicaemia
• septicemia
• thalassaemia
• thalassemia
• tularemia