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GENUS SIVAPITHECUS
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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
Sense 1
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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