genus pithecanthropus

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   former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus

   SynonymsPithecanthropusPithecanthropus erectus

   Broaderhominid

Questions about genus pithecanthropus

What does genus pithecanthropus mean?

genus pithecanthropus means "former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus".

What is another word for genus pithecanthropus?

Close synonyms include Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus erectus. 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 pithecanthropus a common word?

genus pithecanthropus 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.