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Meaning of Meganthropus in English:

Meganthropus

Pronunciation /mɛˈɡanθrəpəs/

noun

Anthropology

  • A large fossil hominid known from remains found in Java in 1941 and now usually included in Homo erectus.

Origin

1940s. From scientific Latin Meganthropus from ancient Greek μεγα- + scientific Latin -anthropus.