Usually means: Early hominins, ancestors to humans.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word australopithecine:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. australopithecine: Merriam-Webster
  2. australopithecine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. australopithecine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. australopithecine: Collins English Dictionary
  5. australopithecine: Vocabulary.com
  6. australopithecine: Wordnik
  7. Australopithecine, australopithecine: Wiktionary
  8. australopithecine: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Australopithecine: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. australopithecine: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. australopithecine: Dictionary.com
  12. Australopithecine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. australopithecine: Rhymezone
  14. australopithecine: FreeDictionary.org
  15. australopithecine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. australopithecine: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. australopithecine: Merriam-Webster

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  1. australopithecine: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. australopithecine: Evolution Glossary

(Note: See australopithecines as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Australopithecine)

noun:  (anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus, Paranthropus when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera.
adjective:  (anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to these hominids.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of australopithecine [(anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus, Paranthropus when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera.]
adjective:  Alternative letter-case form of australopithecine [(anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to these hominids.]

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