sə̇ˈnan(t)thrəpəs, ˌsiˌnanˈthrōpəs noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin Sinae, plural, Chinese + New Latin -anthropus — more at sinologue
1. capitalized : a genus of fossil primitive men that includes the Peking man and is often considered generically inseparable on the one hand from Pithecanthropus and on the other from Homo
2. -es : peking man