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单词 australopithecine
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
aus•tra•lo•pith•e•cine  (ô strā′lō pithə sēn′, -sīn′, -pə thēsin, -sīn′, ô′strə-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Physical Anthropology(sometimes cap.) a member of the extinct genus Australopithecus.

adj. 
  1. of, pertaining to, or resembling the genus Australopithecus or its members.
  • Australopithec(us) + -ine1 1935–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
australopithecine /ˌɒstrələʊˈpɪθɪˌsiːn/ n
  1. any of various extinct apelike primates of the genus Australopithecus and related genera, remains of which have been discovered in southern and E Africa. Some species are estimated to be over 4.5 million years old
Etymology: 20th Century: from New Latin Australopithecus, from Latin austrālis southern, austral1 + Greek pithēkos ape
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