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KENYAPITHECUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kenyapithecus mean?
• KENYAPITHECUS (noun)
The noun KENYAPITHECUS has 1 sense:
1. extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya
Familiarity information: KENYAPITHECUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Kenyapithecus; Kenyapithecus
Hypernyms ("Kenyapithecus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Holonyms ("Kenyapithecus" is a member of...):
Hominoidea; superfamily Hominoidea (anthropoid apes and human beings)
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