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Meganthropus

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mə gan′thrə pəs, meg′an thrō′pəs)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Me•gan•thro•pus  (mə gan′thrə pəs, meg′an thrō′pəs),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Physical Anthropologya proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
  • Greek még(as) large (see mega-) + ánthrōpos man
  • Neo-Latin (1942)

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