ˈsterkfənˌtān- noun
Usage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: from Sterkfontein, farm near Johannesburg, So. Africa, where the specimens were found
: an extinct southern African anthropoid ( Australopithecus transvaalensis or Plesianthropus transvaalensis ) known from numerous parts of skulls, teeth, and other skeletal fragments recovered from cave bone breccia