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PLESIANTHROPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Plesianthropus mean?
• PLESIANTHROPUS (noun)
The noun PLESIANTHROPUS has 1 sense:
1. former name for the genus Australopithecus
Familiarity information: PLESIANTHROPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Former name for the genus Australopithecus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Plesianthropus; Plesianthropus
Hypernyms ("Plesianthropus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Holonyms ("Plesianthropus" is a member of...):
family Hominidae; Hominidae (modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man)
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