australopithecine

Speech parts

1. australopithecine - Noun

2. australopithecine - Adjective

Meaning

any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago

of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

neanderthal hominid Australopithecus ape-man hominin mammal genus proto-human australopith early human prehistoric human primitive human early human ancestor prehistoric hominid primitive hominin proto-hominin
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Hypernyms

hominid

Hyponyms

Australopithecus africanus Paranthropus Australopithecus afarensis genus Paranthropus Australopithecus robustus Australopithecus boisei

Close letter words and terms

australone Australophobia australopith Australopithecus Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus africanus