Apidium

Translingual

Etymology

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

†Apidium n

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

References

• Apidium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Apidium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies