aus·tra·lo·an·thro·pus \ȯˌstrālōˈan(t)thrəpəs, äˌ-, -ˌanˈthrōpəs\noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Australia + New Latin -o- + -anthropus in some classifications: a subgenus of Homo comprising the Australian aborigines and their extinct related forms, the Solo and Wadjak men