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pithecanthropus

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pith·e·can·thro·pus  (pth-knthr-ps, -kn-thrps)
n.
An extinct primate postulated from bones found in Java in 1891 and originally designated Pithecanthropus erectus because it was thought to represent a species evolutionarily between apes and humans. Pithecanthropus is now classified as Homo erectus.
[New Latin Pithcanthrpus, genus name : Greek pithkos, ape + Greek anthrpos, man.]
pithe·can·thropic (-kn-thrpk) adj.
pithe·canthro·pine (-knthr-pn) adj.
pithecanthropus  (pth-knthr-ps, -kn-thrps)
An extinct hominid postulated from bones found in Java in 1891 and originally designated Pithecanthropus erectus because it was thought to represent a species evolutionarily between apes and humans. Pithecanthropus is now classified as Homo erectus. Also called Java man. See more at Homo erectus.
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Noun1.pithecanthropusPithecanthropus - former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
genus Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus erectus
hominid - a primate of the family Hominidae


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One said it was the dryopithecus of Java, the other said it was pithecanthropus.
The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
The countenance might have been that of a cross between Pithecanthropus, the Java ape-man, and a daughter of the Piltdown race of prehistoric Sussex.
The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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