Apidium

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Translingual

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Etymology

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From (a diminutive of) Apis, an Egyptian bull god, as the first fossils were mistakenly thought to be from a type of a cow.

Proper noun

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†Apidium n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family †Parapithecidae – at least three species of extinct primates.

References

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