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PARANTHROPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Paranthropus mean?
• PARANTHROPUS (noun)
The noun PARANTHROPUS has 1 sense:
1. former classification for Australopithecus robustus
Familiarity information: PARANTHROPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Former classification for Australopithecus robustus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Paranthropus; Paranthropus
Hypernyms ("Paranthropus" 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)
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