Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PITHECANTHROPUS
PITHECANTHROPUS Pith `e *can *thro "pus, n. [NL. ; Gr. ape + man. ]
1. A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man and the anthropoid apes. Haeckel.
2. A genus consisting of an primate (P. erectus ) apparently intermediate between man and the existing anthropoid apes, known from bones of a single individual found in Java (hence called Java man ) in 1891 -92. These bones include a thigh bone of the human type, two molar teeth intermediate between those of man and the anthropoids, and the calvaria of the skull, indicating a brain capacity of about 9 cubic centimeters, and resembling in form that of the Neanderthal man. Also [pl. -thropi ],
Defn: an animal of this genus. --Pith `e *can "thrope (#), n. -- Pith `e *can "thro *poid (#), a.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Pithecanthropus
Pith e can thro pus |ˌpiTHəˈkanTHrəpəs ˌpɪθəˈkænθrəpəs | ▶noun a former genus name applied to some fossilized hominids found in Java in 1891. See Java man. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek pithēkos ‘ape ’ + anthrōpos ‘man. ’
Oxford Dictionary
Pithecanthropus
Pithecanthropus |ˌpɪθɪˈkanθrəpəs | ▶noun a former genus name applied to some fossil hominids found in Java in 1891. See Java man. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek pithēkos ‘ape ’ + anthrōpos ‘man ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
pithecanthropus
pith e can thro pus /pɪ̀θikǽnθrəpəs, -kænθróʊ -/名詞 複 -pi /-pàɪ /C 〘人類学 〙ピテカントロプス, 猿人属 .
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