Anthropolite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Anthropolite is a noun meaning (paleontology, dated) A petrified human body, or of any portion of it.
Meaning
(paleontology, dated) A petrified human body, or of any portion of it.
Example Sentences
It was in conglomerates of this kind that were discovered the famous Carib skeletons, known as anthropolites, that is, "stone men," one of which is preserved in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington.
Word Forms
- anthropolites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include paleoanthropology, paleanthropology, anthroparian, palaeoanthropology, petrosomatoglyph, palaeohistology.
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