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Pith·e·can·thro·pus

(pĭth′ĭ-kăn′thrə-pəs, -kăn-thrō′pəs)
n.
An extinct hominin known from fossil remains discovered in Java in 1891 and originally designated Pithecanthropus erectus because it was thought to represent a species evolutionarily intermediate between humans and nonhuman apes. Pithecanthropus is now classified as Homo erectus. It is sometimes referred to as Java man.
[New Latin Pithēcanthrōpus, former genus name : Greek pithēkos, ape + Greek anthrōpos, human being.]
pith′e·can·throp′ic (-kən-thrŏp′ĭk) adj.
pith′e·can′thro·pine (-kăn′thrə-pīn′) adj.
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pithecanthropus

(ˌpɪθɪkænˈθrəʊpəs; -ˈkænθrə-)
n, pl -pi (-ˌpaɪ)
(Anthropology & Ethnology) any primitive apelike man of the former genus Pithecanthropus, now included in the genus Homo. See Java man, Peking man
[C19: New Latin, from Greek pithēkos ape + anthrōpos man]
ˌpitheˈcanthroˌpine, ˌpitheˈcanthroˌpoid adj
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Pith•e•can•thro•pus

(ˌpɪθ ɪˈkæn θrə pəs, -kənˈθroʊ pəs)

n.
a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
[< New Latin (1891) < Greek píthēk(os) ape + ánthrōpos man]
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pithecanthropus

A type of primitive human being.
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Noun 1. [画像:pithecanthropus - former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus]Pithecanthropus - former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
hominid - a primate of the family Hominidae
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