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Noun: Pithecanthropus (Pithecanthropi)  `pithu'kanthrupus
  1. Former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
    - Pithecanthropus erectus, genus Pithecanthropus

Derived forms: Pithecanthropi

Type of: hominid

Encyclopedia: Pithecanthropus