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单词 Zinjanthropus
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Definition of Zinjanthropus in English:

Zinjanthropus

noun zɪnˈdʒanθrəpəsˌzinjanˈTHrō-
  • A genus name sometimes applied to the early hominid known as Nutcracker man.

    东非人(人种名)

    See Nutcracker man
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many years ago, its promotion of Zinjanthropus boisei as an ‘ape-man’ and even the ‘missing link’ had a great effect on the young Carl Wieland.
    • That's because Leakey knew that his find wasn't what he'd hoped; Zinjanthropus would not be the proverbial ‘missing link.’
    • It belonged to the early hominid whom her husband Louis named Zinjanthropus - later Australopithecus - boisei.
    • In the first season, 1959, Mary Leakey found the skull of Zinjanthropus and the following season their son Jonathan discovered the first remains of Homo habilis.
    • It began with Zinjanthropus (a million seven hundred and fifty thousand years ago) and will end only with humanity - or perhaps the mutants who succeed us will take up the cause.

Origin

1950s: modern Latin, from Arabic Zinj, the early medieval name for East Africa, + Greek anthrōpos 'man'.

Definition of Zinjanthropus in US English:

Zinjanthropus

nounˌzinjanˈTHrō-
  • A genus name sometimes applied to the early hominid known as Nutcracker man.

    东非人(人种名)

    See Nutcracker man
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many years ago, its promotion of Zinjanthropus boisei as an ‘ape-man’ and even the ‘missing link’ had a great effect on the young Carl Wieland.
    • It belonged to the early hominid whom her husband Louis named Zinjanthropus - later Australopithecus - boisei.
    • It began with Zinjanthropus (a million seven hundred and fifty thousand years ago) and will end only with humanity - or perhaps the mutants who succeed us will take up the cause.
    • In the first season, 1959, Mary Leakey found the skull of Zinjanthropus and the following season their son Jonathan discovered the first remains of Homo habilis.
    • That's because Leakey knew that his find wasn't what he'd hoped; Zinjanthropus would not be the proverbial ‘missing link.’

Origin

1950s: modern Latin, from Arabic Zinj, the early medieval name for East Africa, + Greek anthrōpos ‘man’.

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