Pĭth'e-coid, a.

a. [Gr. πίθηκος, an ape, and εἶδος, form.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, resembling, or including, apes of the highest division, as the orang-outang, gibbon, gorilla, and chimpanzee, or the species of the genera Simia or Pithecus, Hylobates, and Troglodytes. Dana.