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Webster 1913 Edition
Pithecoid
Pith′e-coid
,Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] an ape +
-oid
.] (Zool.)
1.
Of or pertaining to the genus
Pithecia
, or subfamily Pithecinæ
, which includes the saki, ouakari, and other allied South American monkeys. 2.
Of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes in particular, or to the higher apes of the Old World, collectively.