| NOUN | animal | Australopithecus, genus Australopithecus | extinct genus of African hominid |
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| Sounds | aostrey.lowpih'thahkahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | Extinct genus of African hominid. | |
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| Synonym | genus Australopithecus | |
| Member of | Hominidae, family Hominidae | modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man |
| Members | Australopithecus afarensis | fossils found in Ethiopia |
| Australopithecus africanus | gracile hominid of southern Africa | |
| Australopithecus boisei | large-toothed hominid of eastern Africa | |
| Australopithecus robustus | large-toothed hominid of southern Africa | |
| Lucy | incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974 | |
| australopithecine | Any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus | |
| Broader | mammal genus | A genus of mammals |
| Spanish | genus australopithecus | |
| Catalan | Australopithecus, genus australopithecus | |
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