单词 | sinanthropus |
释义 | Sinanthropus[ sahy-nan-thruh-puhs, si-, sahy-nan-throh-puhs, sin-an- ] / saɪˈnæn θrə pəs, sɪ-, ˌsaɪ nænˈθroʊ pəs, ˌsɪn æn- / nounthe genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned. Origin of SinanthropusFrom New Latin (1927), equivalent to Sin- “Chinese” + Greek ánthrōpos “man”; see origin at Sino- Words nearby SinanthropusSinaitic, sinal, sinalbin, Sinaloa, Sinan, Sinanthropus, sinapine, sinapism, Sinarquist, Sinatra, Sinbad Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Sinanthropussinanthropus / (sɪnˈænθrəpəs) / nouna primitive apelike man of the genus Sinanthropus, now considered a subspecies of Homo erectusSee also Java man, Peking man Word Origin for sinanthropusC20: from New Latin, from Late Latin Sīnae the Chinese + -anthropus, from Greek anthrōpos man Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for Sinanthropussinanthropus [ sī-năn′thrə-pəs, sĭ-, sī′năn-thrō′pəs, sĭn′ăn- ] An extinct hominid postulated from bones found in China in the late 1920s and originally designated Sinanthropus pekinensis in the belief that it represented a species evolutionarily preceding humans. Sinanthropus is now classified as Homo erectus. Also called Peking man See more at Homo erectus. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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