genus paranthropus

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   former classification for Australopithecus robustus

   SynonymsParanthropus

   Broaderaustralopithecine

Questions about genus paranthropus

What does genus paranthropus mean?

genus paranthropus means "former classification for Australopithecus robustus".

What is another word for genus paranthropus?

Close synonyms include Paranthropus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus paranthropus a common word?

genus paranthropus 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.