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AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gracile hominid of southern Africa; from about 3 million years ago
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Australopithecus africanus" is a kind of...):
australopithecine (any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago)
Holonyms ("Australopithecus africanus" is a member of...):
Australopithecus; genus Australopithecus (extinct genus of African hominid)
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