| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| australopithecine |
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| SYLLABICATION: | aus·tra·lo·pith·e·cine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ô-str  l -p th -s n, -s n |
| NOUN: | Any of several extinct humanlike primates of the genus Australopithecus, known chiefly from Pleistocene fossil remains found in southern and eastern Africa. | | ADJECTIVE: | Of, relating to, or characteristic of these extinct humanlike primates. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From New Latin Australopithcus, genus name : Latin austrlis, southern; see austral1 + pithcus, ape (from Greek pithkos).
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