| 释义 |
pilt·down man
\ˈpiltˌdau̇n-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized P
Etymology: from Piltdown, East Sussex, England
: a supposedly very early primitive modern man based on skull fragments uncovered in a gravel pit at Piltdown and used in combination with comparatively recent skeletal remains of various animals (as ape, beaver, hippopotamus, elephant) in the development of an elaborate fraud |