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Pithecanthropus erectus

(pit̸h′i kant̸hrə pəs ē rektəs, -kan t̸hrōpəs)

Java man

Origin: ModL < Gr pithēkos, ape (< IE *bhidh-, dreadful, var. of base *bhōi-, to be afraid > L foedus, ugly) + anthrōpos, man: see anthropo-

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