noun
gracile hominid of southern Africa; from about 3 million years ago
• Hypernyms: ↑australopithecine
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Australopithecus, ↑Australopithecus
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/af'ri kah"neuhs, -kan"euhs/
1. an extinct species of gracile hominid, formerly known as Plesianthropus transvaalensis, that lived in southern Africa about three million years ago.
2. a fossil belonging to this species. See illus. under hominid.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.