pithecanthrope

pithecanthrope
pithecanthropic /pith'i keuhn throp"ik/, pithecanthropine /pith'i kan"threuh puyn'/, adj.pithecanthropid /pith'i kan"threuh pid, -keuhn throh"pid, -throp"id/, n., adj.
/pith'i kan"throhp, pith"i keuhn throhp'/, n.
(sometimes cap.) a member of the former genus Pithecanthropus.
[1875-80; short for PITHECANTHROPUS]

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