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pithecanthrope
[pith-i-kan-throhp, pith-i-kuhn-throhp]
noun
(sometimes initial capital letter)a member of the former genus Pithecanthropus, now assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- pithecanthropic adjective
- pithecanthropine adjective
- pithecanthropid noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pithecanthrope1
First recorded in 1875–80; short for Pithecanthropus
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You could with equal justice say that you are not a Pole, but an orang-outang or a pithecanthrope with Polish culture?
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The first navigating pithecanthrope built nearly as well with his log and bush.
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