genus plesianthropus

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   former name for the genus Australopithecus

   SynonymsPlesianthropus

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofHominidae

Questions about genus plesianthropus

What does genus plesianthropus mean?

genus plesianthropus means "former name for the genus Australopithecus".

What is another word for genus plesianthropus?

Close synonyms include Plesianthropus. 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 plesianthropus a common word?

genus plesianthropus 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.