neanderthal
/N IY0 AE1 N D ER0 TH AO0 L/noun
- 1
A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.
- 2
A primitive person.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis.
“The capacity of the Neanderthal skull was 10% larger than that of modern humans.”
- 2
Old-fashioned, opposed to change (in allusion to Homo neanderthalensis).
- 3
Of or pertaining to the Neander Valley in Germany.
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