noun
extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
• Syn: ↑Neanderthal man, ↑Neandertal, ↑Neanderthal, ↑Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Neanderthal (for: ↑Neanderthal), ↑Neanderthalian (for: ↑Neanderthal), ↑Neandertal (for: ↑Neandertal)
• Hypernyms: ↑homo, ↑man, ↑human being, ↑human
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Homo
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nounsee neanderthal man
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Neandertal man,
= Neanderthal man. (Cf. ↑Neanderthal man)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.