pithecanthropoid

[ pith-i-kan-thruh-poid, -kuhn-throh-poid ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling the former genus Pithecanthropus or one of its members, now assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pithecanthropoid¹

First recorded in 1885–90; Pithecanthrop(us) + -oid