— pithecanthropic /pith'i keuhn throp"ik/ , pithecanthropine /pith'i kan"threuh puyn'/ , adj. — pithecanthropid /pith'i kan"threuh pid, -keuhn throh"pid, -throp"id/ , n. , adj.
/pith'i kan"throhp, pith"i keuhn throhp'/ , n.
( sometimes cap. ) a member of the former genus Pithecanthropus.
[ 1875-80; short for PITHECANTHROPUS ]