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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 613 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DRYOPITHECUS (Gr. bpi's, oak, atOo os, ape, " the ape of the oak-woods ")

DRYOPITHECUS (Gr. bpi's, See also:
OAK (O. Eng., (lc)
oak, atOo os, See also:
APE (Old Eng. ape; Dutch aap; Old Ger. a ffo; Welsh epa; Old Bohemian op; a word of uncertain origin, possibly an imitation of the animal's chatter)
ape, " the ape of the oak-See also:
WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)
woods ") , the name of an See also:

EXTINCT

extinct See also:

APE (Old Eng. ape; Dutch aap; Old Ger. a ffo; Welsh epa; Old Bohemian op; a word of uncertain origin, possibly an imitation of the animal's chatter)

ape or See also:

MONKEY

monkey from See also:

MIOCENE

Miocene deposits of See also:

France, believed to be allied to the baboons, but perhaps with some See also:

affinity to the higher apes .

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