"pithecanthropoid" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Pithecanthropus + -oid Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||oid}} + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pithecanthropoid (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of the pithecanthropoids. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-pithecanthropoid-en-adj-4vqgA7Ui

Noun

Forms: pithecanthropoids [plural]
Etymology: Pithecanthropus + -oid Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||oid}} + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} pithecanthropoid (plural pithecanthropoids)
  1. One of the first species of hominid that is considered truly human, originally classed as genus Pithecanthropus but now classed as genus Homo.
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Inflected forms

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