australopithecine

1. (noun) any of several extinct humanlike small-brained bipedal primates of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago
Related Words: Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus boisei, Australopithecus robustus, Paranthropus, Zinjanthropus, genus Paranthropus, genus Zinjanthropus, hominid

2. (adjective) of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus



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