| 释义 |
sterk·fon·tein ape-man
\ˈsterkfənˌtān-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: from Sterkfontein, farm near Johannesburg, So. Africa, where the specimens were found
: an extinct southern African anthropoid (Australopithecus transvaalensis or Plesianthropus transvaalensis) known from numerous parts of skulls, teeth, and other skeletal fragments recovered from cave bone breccia |