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australopithecines

australopithecines is the plural of australopithecine.

Meaning of australopithecine

Noun

australopithecine (plural australopithecines)

  1. Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus in the subtribe Australopithecina when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera.
    • It is as if there were enshrined in these legends a racial memory of the Australopithicines who came close but never did make it to full humanity.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 28

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Noun capitalized: Australopithecines

Australopithecines

  1. (plural) plural of Australopithecine

Phrases with australopithecines

Questions about australopithecines

What is australopithecines the plural of?
Australopithecines is the plural of australopithecine.
What part of speech is australopithecines?
Australopithecines is a noun.

Words near australopithecines in the dictionary

  1. Australophobes
  2. Australophobia
  3. australopith
  4. australopitheci
  5. australopithecine
  6. australopithecines
  7. australopithecus
  8. australopithecuses
  9. australopiths
  10. Australorp
  11. Australorps

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