Ardi

[ ahr-dee ]

noun

1. the fossil remains of a female specimen of Ardipithecus ramidus , an extinct hominine, found in northeastern Ethiopia between 1992 and 1994 and dated at about 4.4 million years of age.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ardi¹

First recorded in 2005–10; short for Ardipithecus ( def )

Example Sentences

It was the same with Illyria after the submission of the Ardi .

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Ardi-Ea carries out these instructions and Gilgamesh at last is healed.

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Ardi-Ea, ferryman of Parnapishtim, 491;takes Gilgamesh to the fountain of life, 509.

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El sol que calent la cuna de San Martn es tibio en comparacin del que ardi sobre la de Bolvar.

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Ardi-Ea urges Gilgamesh to cling to the rudder, and counts the strokes he is to take.

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