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australopithecus

Aus·tra·lo·pith·e·cus
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [aw-strey-loh-pith-i-kuh s, -puh-thee-kuh s, aw-struh-]
    • /ɔˌstreɪ loʊˈpɪθ ɪ kəs, -pəˈθi kəs, ˌɔ strə-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [aw-strey-loh-pith-i-kuh s, -puh-thee-kuh s, aw-struh-]
    • /ɔˌstreɪ loʊˈpɪθ ɪ kəs, -pəˈθi kəs, ˌɔ strə-/

Definition of australopithecus word

  • noun australopithecus an extinct genus of small-brained,large-toothed bipedal hominids that lived in Africa between one and four million years ago. 1
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  • australopithecine

    any of various extinct apelike primates of the genus Australopithecus and related genera, remains of which have been discovered in southern and E Africa. Some species are estimated to be over 4.5 million years old

  • ape-man

    any of several extinct primates, as a pithecanthropine, with structural characteristics intermediate between ape and man

  • hadar

    a fossil site in the Afar triangle of eastern Ethiopia where Australopithecus afarensis was found.

  • hominid

    any member of the group consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes (including gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans) and all their immediate ancestors.

  • lucy

    a female given name.

  • missing link

    a hypothetical form of animal assumed to have constituted a connecting link between the anthropoid apes and humans, identified by some authorities as constituting the genus Australopithecus.
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