English Explanatory Dictionary

pithecanthropoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the first species of hominid that is considered truly human, originally classed as genus Pithecanthropus but now classed as genus Homo.
adj
  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of the pithecanthropoids.

Word forms

pithecanthropoid pithecanthropoids

Etymology

Pithecanthropus + -oid

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