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pithecoid

pithecoid adjective: of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes.

pithecoid: of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes
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Adjective

pithecoid (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes.
  2. Of or pertaining to the monkeys of genus Pithecia.

Noun

pithecoid (plural pithecoids)

  1. An anthropoid ape.
  2. A monkey of genus Pithecia.

pithecoid meaning in Tamil

pithecoid in Tamil

குரங்கன்ன, குரங்குபோன்ற

Forms of pithecoid

pluralpithecoids

Origin of pithecoid

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πῐθηκοειδής (pĭthēkoeidḗs, “ape-like”).

Questions about pithecoid

What does pithecoid mean?
Pithecoid means of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes.
What is pithecoid in Tamil?
Pithecoid in Tamil is குரங்கன்ன, குரங்குபோன்ற. See Pithecoid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pithecoid?
Pithecoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pithecoid in the dictionary

  1. pitheciids
  2. pitheciine
  3. pitheciines
  4. pithecism
  5. pitheco-
  6. pithecoid
  7. pithecoids
  8. pithecological
  9. pithecology
  10. pithecometric
  11. pithecomorphic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pithecoid (page history and authors); pithecoid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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