Meganthropus

noun

Me·​gan·​thro·​pus

məˈgan(t)thrəpəs,

ˌmeˌganˈthrōpəs

: a genus of large extinct primates of the Lower Pleistocene of Java known from fragmentary jawbones and held to be primitive men

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from mega- + -anthropus

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