australopithecus

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Noun

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Aus=tra=lo=pith=e=cus

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun australopithecus has 1 sense

australopithecus(n = noun.animal) genus australopithecus - extinct genus of African hominid; Array

is a kind of mammal genus

is a member of family hominidae, hominidae

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

australopithecus, n. any extinct bipedal primate of the genus Australopithecus having apelike and human characteristics, or its fossilized remains.

Derivative

australopithecine n. & adj.

Etymology

mod.L f. L australis southern + Gk pithekos ape

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