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pithecanthrope
[ pith-i-kan-throhp, pith-i-kuhn-throhp ]
noun
- (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Pithecanthropus, now assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- 辱ٳ···ٳDZ· [pith-i-k, uh, n-, throp, -ik], 辱ٳ···ٳ·辱Ա [pith-i-, kan, -thr, uh, -pahyn], adjective
- 辱ٳ···ٳ·辱 [pith-i-, kan, -thr, uh, -pid, -k, uh, n-, throh, -pid, -, throp, -id], noun adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pithecanthrope1
First recorded in 1875–80; short for Pithecanthropus
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Example Sentences
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You could with equal justice say that you are not a Pole, but an orang-outang or a pithecanthrope with Polish culture?
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The first navigating pithecanthrope built nearly as well with his log and bush.
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