Meganthropus

American  

[muh-gan-thruh-puhs, meg-an-throh-puhs] / məˈgæn θrə pəs, ˌmɛg ænˈθroʊ pəs /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of Meganthropus

< New Latin (1942) < Greek még ( as ) large ( see mega-) + ánthrōpos man

Example Sentences

Meganthropus seemed to have been about the size of a big male gorilla.

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