australopithecine meaning
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[ˌɒstɹələ(ʊ)ˈpɪθɪsiːn] WAustralopithecine
- The term australopithecines refers not generally to all species in the related genera of Australopithecus and Paranthropus; and it is typically intended to include members of Kenyanthropus, Ardipithecus, and Praeanthropus.
- The terms australopithecine, et. al., comes from a former classification as members of a distinct subfamily, the Australopithecinae.
- The australopithecines occurred in the Plio-Pleistocene era and were bipedal; and they were dentally similar to humans, but with a brain size not much larger than that of modern apes, with lesser encephalization than in the genus Homo.
EN Australopithecine 
- NounPLaustralopithecinesSUF-ine
- (anthropology, paleonotology) Any of several extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
- (anthropology, paleonotology) Any of several extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
- AdjectiveCOMmore australopithecineSUPmost australopithecine
- (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to these creatures.
- (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to these creatures.
Definition of australopithecine in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "australopithecine" is an adjective. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.