paranthropus

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pə ran′thrə pəs, par′ən thrō′-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
par•an•thro•pus  (pə ran′thrə pəs, par′ən thrō′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -pus•es for 1.
  1. Physical Anthropology(sometimes cap.) a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
  2. Physical Anthropology(cap., italics) a former genus of fossil hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Australopithecus robustus.
  • Greek par- par- (in the sense "near'') + ánthrōpos man
  • Neo-Latin (1938)

'paranthropus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Australopithecus robustus - Swartkrans ape-man

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