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Definition: Pithecanthropus |
PithecanthropusNoun1. Former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Pithecanthropus" was first used: 1876. (references) |
Etymology: Pithecanthropus \Pith`e*can*thro"pus\, noun. [NL.; Greek ape man.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: PithecanthropusSynonym: genus Pithecanthropus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pithecanthropus |
| English words defined with "Pithecanthropus": genus Pithecanthropus ♦ homo erectus ♦ Java man ♦ Pithecanthropus erectus ♦ Trinil man. (references) |
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| "Pithecanthropus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pithecanthropus" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Pithecanthropus": genus Pithecanthropus ♦ pithecanthropus erectus. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pithecanthropus erectus | 5 |
pithecanthropus | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "Pithecanthropus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | البدائية (pithecanthrope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pithécanthrope (pithecanthrope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "ストン輸送 (ice axe, period, periodic, PHS portable phone, piccolo, pick, picking, pickoff play, pickup service, pilaf, pile, Pilgrim Fathers, pill, pilling, pipette, piranha, pit, pit stop, pitch, pitcher, pitcher's mound, pitching, pitching machine, pitchout, Pithecanthropus erectus, pivot, pizza, pizzicato, Pulitzer, pure, pure malt, puree, purist, Puritan, pyramid, pyramid selling, pyrine, shuttle, splashing sound, stilt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "テカントロプスエレクトゥス (Pithecanthropus erectus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ithecanthropuspay питекантроп (pithecanthrope). (various references) pitecántropo (pithecanthrope). (various references) java insanı, insana benzer büyük fosil. (various references) пітекантроп (pithecanthrope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | pithekos. (various references) |
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"Pithecanthropus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pithecanthropes. (additional references) | |
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| Words rhyming with "Pithecanthropus" (pronounced 'Pith`e*can*thro"pus'): Apus, Campus, Canopus, Carpus, Cippus, Corpus, grampus, hippocampus, lupus, mesohippus, metacarpus, Miohippus, mopus, Opus, Orohippus, Palpus, Pappus, Pedipalpus, Pliohippus, Porpus, Protohippus, rumpus, Scapus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-h-i-n-o-p-p-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-3 letters: nephropathic, triphosphate. | |
-4 letters: antistrophe, eructations, euphoriants, hierophants, neuropathic, precautions, reputations. | |
-5 letters: anchorites, anorthites, antechoirs, authorship, carnotites, constipate, epiphanous, eructation, euphoriant, hierophant, housetrain, introspect, nephrotics, nuthatches, outpitches, pasticheur, paunchiest, phosphatic, pinspotter, porcupines, pothunters, precaution, prosthetic, raunchiest, reappoints, reputation, rheostatic, supertonic, supraoptic, theophanic, unactorish, unhappiest. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 69 74 68 65 63 61 6E 74 68 72 6F 70 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .. - .... . -.-. .- -. - .... .-. --- .--. ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101001 01110100 01101000 01100101 01100011 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101000 01110010 01101111 01110000 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P i t h e c a n t h r o p u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0069 0074 0068 0065 0063 0061 006E 0074 0068 0072 006F 0070 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507586747169678086748481828785 |
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