AUSTRALOPITHECUS


Meaning of AUSTRALOPITHECUS in English

n. any extinct bipedal primate of the genus Australopithecus having apelike and human characteristics, or its fossilized remains.

Derivatives:

australopithecine n. & adj.

Etymology: mod.L f. L australis southern + Gk pithekos ape

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.