Australopithecus robustus*: Meaning and Definition of

Australopith'ecus ro•bus'tus

Pronunciation: (rō-bus'tus), [key]
  1. an extinct species of large-toothed bipedal hominid that lived in southern Africa c1.5–2 million years ago: formerly classified as the genus Paranthropus.
  2. a fossil belonging to this species. See illus. under
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