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Meaning of PITHECANTHROPUS

Pronunciation:  `pithu'kanthrupus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
 
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 Synonyms: genus Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus erectus
 
 See Also: hominid

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pith`e*can*thro"pus\, n. [NL.; Gr. ? ape + ?
man.]
1. A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man
   and the anthropoid apes.
 

 

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