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AUSTRALOPITHECINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("australopithecine" is a kind of...):
hominid (a primate of the family Hominidae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "australopithecine"):
Australopithecus afarensis (fossils found in Ethiopia; from 3.5 to 4 million years ago)
Australopithecus africanus (gracile hominid of southern Africa; from about 3 million years ago)
Australopithecus boisei (large-toothed hominid of eastern Africa; from 1 to 2 million years ago)
genus Zinjanthropus; Zinjanthropus (genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned)
Australopithecus robustus (large-toothed hominid of southern Africa; from 1.5 to 2 million years ago; formerly Paranthropus)
genus Paranthropus; Paranthropus (former classification for Australopithecus robustus)
Holonyms ("australopithecine" is a member of...):
Australopithecus; genus Australopithecus (extinct genus of African hominid)
Derivation:
australopithecine (of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
genus Australopithecus (extinct genus of African hominid)
Derivation:
australopithecine (any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago)
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