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Meganthropus
[ muh-gan-thruh-puhs, meg-an-throh-puhs ]
noun
- a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Meganthropus1
< New Latin (1942) < Greek é ( as ) large ( mega- ) + áԳٳōDz man
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Example Sentences
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Meganthropus seemed to have been about the size of a big male gorilla.
Koenigswald's crowning find dwarfed even Meganthropus.
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