zinˈjan(t)thrəpəs noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Arabic Zīnj eastern Africa + New Latin -anthropus
1. capitalized : a genus of fossil hominids based on a skull found in eastern Africa, characterized by very low brow and large molars, and tentatively assigned to the Lower Pleistocene
2. plural zinjanthro·pi -rəˌpī or zinjanthropuses : an individual or fossil of the genus Zinjanthropus