- pithecanthropine
- питекантроп
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
pithecanthropine — [pith΄i kan′thrōpoid΄, pith΄ə kan′thrəpoid΄pith΄i kan′thrə pīn΄, pith΄i kan′thrəpin] adj. 〚see PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS & INE1〛 of, belonging to, or resembling a former genus (Pithecanthropus, now classified as … Universalium
pithecanthropine — [pith΄i kan′thrōpoid΄, pith΄ə kan′thrəpoid΄pith΄i kan′thrə pīn΄, pith΄i kan′thrəpin] adj. [see PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS & INE1] of, belonging to, or resembling a former genus (Pithecanthropus, now classified as Homo erectus) of extinct early… … English World dictionary
pithecanthropine — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|kan(t)thrəˌpīn, ˌkan|thrōpə̇n noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin pithecanthropus + English ine : pithecanthropus 2 • pithecanthropine adjective … Useful english dictionary
pithecanthropine — pith·e·can·thro·pine … English syllables
pith|e|can|throp|ic — «PIHTH uh kan THROP ihk», adjective. 1. = pithecanthropine. (Cf. ↑pithecanthropine) 2. = pithecanthropoid. (Cf. ↑pithecanthropoid) … Useful english dictionary
pith|e|can|thro|pine — «PIHTH uh KAN thruh pyn», adjective, noun. –adj. of or having to do with the same group as Pithecanthropu»a pithecanthropine skeleton. –n. a pithecanthropine animal: »The skeleton of the pithecanthropines is in every way hominid (Ashley Montagu) … Useful english dictionary
C. Loring Brace — (born 1930) is an anthropologist at the University of Michigan. He considers the attempt to introduce a Darwinian outlook into biological anthropology to be his greatest contribution to the field of anthropology.… … Wikipedia
pithecanthrope — pithecanthropic /pith i keuhn throp ik/, pithecanthropine /pith i kan threuh puyn /, adj. pithecanthropid /pith i kan threuh pid, keuhn throh pid, throp id/, n., adj. /pith i kan throhp, pith i keuhn throhp /, n. (sometimes cap.) a member of the… … Universalium
ape-man — [āp′man΄] n. pl. apemen [āp′men΄] any of several extinct primates, as a pithecanthropine, with structural characteristics intermediate between ape and man … English World dictionary
pithecanthrope — n. any prehistoric apelike human of the extinct genus Pithecanthropus, now considered to be part of the genus Homo (see also JAVA MAN). Etymology: Gk pithekos ape + anthropos man * * * ˌpithə̇ˈkanˌthrōp, ˈpithə̇kən noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin … Useful english dictionary