Gigantopithecus
/dʒaɪˌgæntəˈpɪθɪkəs/noun
1- a very large fossil Asian ape of the Upper Miocene to Lower Pleistocene epochs巨猿。
1.1
- Genus Gigantopithecus, family Pongidae.巨猿属, 猩猩科。
词源
modern Latin, from Greek gigas, gigant- (see GIANT) + pithēkos 'ape'.