ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include paleoanthropology, paleanthropology, anthroparian, palaeoanthropology, petrosomatoglyph, palaeohistology.

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