Meganthropus*: Meaning and Definition of

Me•gan•thro•pus

Pronunciation: (mu-gan'thru-pus, meg"an-thrō'pus), [key]
— n.
  1. a 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.
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