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pithecanthropine

pithecanthropine adjective: belonging to the former hominid genus Pithecanthropus.

Adjective

pithecanthropine (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the former hominid genus Pithecanthropus.

Noun

pithecanthropine (plural pithecanthropines)

  1. Any member of the former hominid genus Pithecanthropus.

Forms of pithecanthropine

pluralpithecanthropines

Questions about pithecanthropine

What does pithecanthropine mean?
Pithecanthropine means belonging to the former hominid genus Pithecanthropus.
What part of speech is pithecanthropine?
Pithecanthropine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pithecanthropine in the dictionary

  1. pitheads
  2. pithecan
  3. pithecanthrope
  4. pithecanthropes
  5. pithecanthropic
  6. pithecanthropine
  7. pithecanthropines
  8. pithecanthropoid
  9. pithecanthropoids
  10. pitheciid
  11. pitheciids

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