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Tel•an•thro•pus
(tə lan′thrə pəs, tel′an thrō′pəs),USA pronunciation n.
- Physical Anthropologya genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Neo-Latin; see tel-2, anthropo-
- 1890–95