pithecanthropoid

American

[pith-i-kan-thruh-poid, -kuhn-throh-poid] / ˌpɪθ ɪˈkæn θrəˌpɔɪd, -kənˈθroʊ pɔɪd /

adjective

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

Etymology

Origin of pithecanthropoid

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

Example Sentences

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She says that our head has a very homely and bourgeois bullet shape, a sort of pithecanthropoid contour, which is revealed by a close trim.

From Mince Pie by Morley, Christopher

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