[pith-i-kan-throhp, pith-i-kuh
n-throhp] 
| (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Pithecanthropus. |
[pith-i-kuhn-throp-ik] , pith⋅e⋅can⋅thro⋅pine [pith-i-kan-thruh-pahyn] , adjective [pith-i-kan-thruh-pid, -kuhn-throh-pid, -throp-id] , noun, adjective | pith·e·can·thro·pus (pĭth'ĭ-kān'thrə-pəs, -kān-thrō'pəs) n. An extinct primate postulated from bones found in Java in 1891 and originally designated Pithecanthropus erectus because it was thought to represent a species evolutionarily between apes and humans. Pithecanthropus is now classified as Homo erectus. [New Latin Pithēcanthrōpus, genus name : Greek pithēkos, ape + Greek anthrōpos, man.] pith'e·can·throp'ic (-kən-thrŏp'ĭk) adj., pith'e·can'thro·pine (-kān'thrə-pīn') adj. |