Telanthropus

noun

Tel·​an·​thro·​pus

təˈlan(t)thrəpəs,

teˈl-;

ˌteˌlanˈthrōp-

: a genus of southern African fossil hominids that is based on an incomplete lower jaw and associated teeth and is held to comprise forms intermediate in some respects between the australopithecines and true man

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from tel- entry 2 + -anthropus

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