Ramapithecus

Ra ma pith e cus |ˌraməˈpiTHikəs, ˌräm -ˌræməˈpɪθɪkəs | ▶noun an extinct anthropoid ape of the Miocene epoch, known from remains found in southwestern Asia and East Africa, and probably ancestral to the orangutan. [Genus Ramapithecus, family Pongidae. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, from Rama + Greek pithēkos ‘ape. ’

Ramapithecus

Ramapithecus |ˌrɑːməˈpɪθɪkəs | ▶noun a fossil anthropoid ape of the Miocene epoch, known from remains found in SW Asia and East Africa, and probably ancestral to the orang-utan. ●Genus Ramapithecus, family Pongidae. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Rama + Greek pithēkos ‘ape ’.