PARANTHROPUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Former classification for Australopithecus robustus

Synonyms:

genus Paranthropus; Paranthropus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Paranthropus" is a kind of...):

australopithecine (any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago)

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