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cercopitecoid

cercopitecoid is the misspelling of cercopithecoid.

Meaning of cercopithecoid

Noun

cercopithecoid (plural cercopithecoids)

  1. Any species of the superfamily Cercopithecoidea (the Old World monkeys).
    • In East Africa the first evidence of cercopithecoid diversity appeared in the Pliocene at sites such as Lothagam, East Turkana, and Laetoli where papionins were the dominant cercopithecoids.2005, Meave G. Leakey, “3: Evolution of Theropithecus in the Turkana Basin”, in Nina G. Jablonski, editor, Theropithecus: The Rise and Fall of a Primate Genus, page 117

Questions about cercopitecoid

What is cercopitecoid the misspelling of?
Cercopitecoid is the misspelling of cercopithecoid.

Words near cercopitecoid in the dictionary

  1. cercomonads
  2. Cercone
  3. Cercones
  4. cercopid
  5. cercopids
  6. cercopitecoid
  7. cercopithecid
  8. cercopithecids
  9. cercopithecin
  10. cercopithecine
  11. cercopithecines

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