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PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pithecanthropus erectus mean?
• PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS (noun)
The noun PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS has 1 sense:
1. former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
Familiarity information: PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pithecanthropus; Pithecanthropus; Pithecanthropus erectus
Hypernyms ("Pithecanthropus erectus" is a kind of...):
hominid (a primate of the family Hominidae)
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