AUSTRALOPITHECUS BOISEI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Australopithecus boisei mean? 

• AUSTRALOPITHECUS BOISEI (noun)
  The noun AUSTRALOPITHECUS BOISEI has 1 sense:

1. large-toothed hominid of eastern Africa; from 1 to 2 million years ago

  Familiarity information: AUSTRALOPITHECUS BOISEI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUSTRALOPITHECUS BOISEI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large-toothed hominid of eastern Africa; from 1 to 2 million years ago

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Australopithecus boisei" is a kind of...):

australopithecine (any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago)

Holonyms ("Australopithecus boisei" is a member of...):

Australopithecus; genus Australopithecus (extinct genus of African hominid)