Australopithecus
noun /ˌɒstrələʊˈpɪθɪkəs/
/ˌɔːstrələʊˈpɪθɪkəs/
[uncountable, countable]- a creature similar to humans and apes that existed over one million years ago in AfricaWord Originmodern Latin, from Latin australis ‘southern’, from Auster ‘the south, the south wind’ + Greek pithēkos ‘ape’.