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dryo·pith·e·cine | \ ˌdrī-ō-ˈpi-thə-ˌsīn 
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\Definition of dryopithecine
: any of a subfamily (Dryopithecinae) of Miocene and Pliocene Old World anthropoid apes sometimes regarded as ancestors of both humans and modern anthropoids
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