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AUSTRALOPITHECUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct genus of African hominid
Synonyms:
Australopithecus; genus Australopithecus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Australopithecus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Australopithecus"):
australopithecine (any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago)
Australopithecus afarensis (fossils found in Ethiopia; from 3.5 to 4 million years ago)
Lucy (incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974)
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)
Australopithecus robustus (large-toothed hominid of southern Africa; from 1.5 to 2 million years ago; formerly Paranthropus)
Holonyms ("Australopithecus" is a member of...):
family Hominidae; Hominidae (modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man)
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