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AUSTRALOPITHECUS ROBUSTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Australopithecus robustus mean?
• AUSTRALOPITHECUS ROBUSTUS (noun)
The noun AUSTRALOPITHECUS ROBUSTUS has 1 sense:
1. large-toothed hominid of southern Africa; from 1.5 to 2 million years ago; formerly Paranthropus
Familiarity information: AUSTRALOPITHECUS ROBUSTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AUSTRALOPITHECUS ROBUSTUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large-toothed hominid of southern Africa; from 1.5 to 2 million years ago; formerly Paranthropus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Australopithecus robustus" 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 robustus" is a member of...):
Australopithecus; genus Australopithecus (extinct genus of African hominid)
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