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PILTDOWN HOAX
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• PILTDOWN HOAX (noun)
The noun PILTDOWN HOAX has 1 sense:
1. a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax
Familiarity information: PILTDOWN HOAX used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Piltdown hoax; Piltdown man
Hypernyms ("Piltdown hoax" is a kind of...):
primitive; primitive person (a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization)
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