paranthropus

[ puh-ran-thruh-puh s, par-uh n-throh- ]
/ pəˈræn θrə pəs, ˌpær ənˈθroʊ- /

noun, plural par·an·thro·pus·es for 1.

(sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
(initial capital letter, italics) a former genus of fossil hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Australopithecus robustus.

Origin of paranthropus

< New Latin (1938) < Greek par- par- (in the sense “near”) + ánthrōpos man

Words nearby paranthropus

paranoid, paranoid personality, paranoid schizophrenia, paranomia, paranormal, paranthropus, paranthropus boisei , paranthropus robustus, paranuclear, paranucleate, paranucleus