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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 Kenyaplay

  Familiarity information: KENYAPITHECUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KENYAPITHECUS (noun)


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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