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单词 Piltdown man
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Definition of Piltdown man in English:

Piltdown man

nounˈpɪltdaʊnˈpiltdoun ˌman
  • A fraudulent fossil composed of a human cranium and an ape jaw, allegedly discovered near Lewes in East Sussex and presented in 1912 as a genuine hominid of the early Pleistocene, but shown to be a hoax in 1953.

Origin

Piltdown, the name of a village in Sussex.

 
 

Definition of Piltdown man in US English:

Piltdown man

nounˈpiltdoun ˌman
  • A fraudulent fossil composed of a human cranium and an ape jaw, allegedly discovered in England and presented in 1912 as a genuine hominid of the early Pleistocene, but shown to be a hoax in 1953.

Origin

Piltdown, the name of a village in Sussex.

 
 
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