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AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Australopithecus africanus mean?
• AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS (noun)
The noun AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS has 1 sense:
1. gracile hominid of southern Africa; from about 3 million years ago
Familiarity information: AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gracile hominid of southern Africa; from about 3 million years ago
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Australopithecus africanus" is a kind of...):
australopithecine (any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago)
Holonyms ("Australopithecus africanus" is a member of...):
Australopithecus; genus Australopithecus (extinct genus of African hominid)
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