australopith

Related to australopith: Australopithecines, Robust australopithecines

aus·tra·lo·pith

A5553350 (ô′strə-lə-pĭth′)n. Any of several extinct humanlike primates of the genus Australopithecus and closely related genera such as Ardipithecus and Paranthropus.
[From New Latin Austrālopithēcus, genus name.]
aus′tra·lo·pith′ adj.