Australopithecus vs Australopith - What's the difference?

As a proper noun australopithecus

is .

As an adjective australopith is

(archaeology|anthropology|paleonotology) of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus australopithecus , from the pleistocene period.

As a noun australopith is

(archaeology|anthropology|paleonotology) any of several extinct hominid primates, of the genus australopithecus , from the pleistocene period.

australopithecus

Not English

Australopithecus has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'australopithecus':

astromathematics, astrophotograph, astrophotographs, astroballistics, astroinformatics, astrostatistics, astrocladistics, astrogeophysics, asterophyllites

australopith

English

Alternative forms

* australopith

Adjective

(-)

(archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) of or pertaining to the extinct anthropoid apes of the genera Australopithecus'' and ''Paranthropus or their fossils

Noun

(en noun)

(archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) members of the extinct anthropoid apes of the genera Australopithecus'' and ''Paranthropus or their fossils

Synonyms

* Australopithecine