Australopith

  1. Adjective.  (taxonomic name, archaeology) of or pertaining to the extinct anthropoid apes of the genera ''Australopithecus'' and ''Paranthropus'' or their fossils.
  2. Noun.  (taxonomic name, archaeology) members of the extinct anthropoid apes of the genera ''Australopithecus'' and ''Paranthropus'' or their fossils.
  3. Adjective.  (taxonomy, archaeology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus ''Australopithecus'', from the Pleistocene period.
  4. Noun.  (taxonomy, archaeology) Any of several extinct hominid primates, of the genus ''Australopithecus'', from the Pleistocene period.

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