homo rhodesiensis

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   a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa

   SynonymsRhodesian man

   Broaderhomo

Questions about homo rhodesiensis

What does homo rhodesiensis mean?

homo rhodesiensis means "a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa".

What is another word for homo rhodesiensis?

Close synonyms include Rhodesian man. 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 homo rhodesiensis a common word?

homo rhodesiensis 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.