australopithecine

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

Aus=tra=lo=pith=e=cine

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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

australopithecine(a = adj.pert) Array - of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus; Array

Derived form noun

australopithecine₁

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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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