Panine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Panine is a noun meaning (rare) A mammal of the genus Pan.
Meaning
(rare) A mammal of the genus Pan.
Example Sentences
However, if Sahelanthropns tchadensis is considered to be a panine, it is the oldest (lower Pliocene from northern Chad, 7 MYA).
I have previously pointed out that while there is an obvious difference in the pelves between panines and hominines, there are also differences in the usual number of lumbar vertebrae, so in the position of the sacrum.
The first will give us, amongst others, the gibbon (hylobatides), the second, the orangutan (pongides), the third, the family of the gorilla, the chimpanzee, the bonobo (panines), and finally, Homo sapiens (hominids), the only permanent biped.
Word Forms
- panines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include panin, pantherine, chimpanzee, panopeid, panarthropod, pantotherian.
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