australopithecus boisei

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   large-toothed hominid of eastern Africa; from 1 to 2 million years ago

   Broaderaustralopithecine

   Part ofgenus Australopithecus

Questions about australopithecus boisei

What does australopithecus boisei mean?

australopithecus boisei means "large-toothed hominid of eastern Africa; from 1 to 2 million years ago".

Is australopithecus boisei a common word?

australopithecus boisei is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.