Australopithecus robustus

Australopithecus robustus
noun
large-toothed hominid of southern Africa; from 1.5 to 2 million years ago; formerly Paranthropus
Hypernyms: ↑australopithecine
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Australopithecus, ↑Australopithecus

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/roh bus"teuhs/
1. an extinct species of large-toothed bipedal hominid that lived in southern Africa c1.5-2 million years ago: formerly classified as the genus Paranthropus.
2. a fossil belonging to this species. See illus. under hominid.

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Australopithecus robustus noun
A proto-human species that lived between two and three million years ago
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