Or|e|o|pith|e|cus

Or|e|o|pith|e|cus
Or|e|o|pith|e|cus «AWR ee oh PIHTH uh kuhs», noun.
a humanoid that lived between ten and twelve million years ago, whose remains have been found in coal beds in Italy. Opinion varies as to whether or not it is a true ancestor of man.
[< New Latin Oreopithecus < Greek óros, óreos mountain + píthekōs ape]

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