Telanthropus

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tə lanthrə pəs, tel′an thrōpəs)


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Tel•an•thro•pus  (tə lanthrə pəs, tel′an thrōpəs),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. 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


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