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australopithecine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun australopithecine has 1 sense
- australopithecine(n = noun.animal) Array - any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago; Array is a kind of hominid
is a member of australopithecus, genus australopithecus
has particulars: australopithecus afarensis, australopithecus africanus, australopithecus boisei, genus zinjanthropus, zinjanthropus, australopithecus robustus, genus paranthropus, paranthropus
Derived form adjective australopithecine1
Adjective australopithecine has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
australopithecine, n.
any of several extinct humanlike small-brained bipedal primates of the genus Australopithecus ; they existed from 1 to 4 million years ago. [WordNet 1.5]
australopithecine, adj.
of or pertaining to the genus Australopithecus . [WordNet 1.5]
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