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Gigantopithecus

Definition of Gigantopithecus

noun

  • a very large fossil Asian ape of the Upper Miocene to Lower Pleistocene epochs.
    • Genus Gigantopithecus, family Pongidae

Origin:

modern Latin, from Greek gigas, gigant- (see giant) + pithēkos 'ape'

Gigantopithecus in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Gigantopithecus in the US English dictionary