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neandertal has definitions from the field of zoology
1
[ noun ] (zoology) extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia

Synonyms

neandertal_man neanderthal neanderthal_man homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis

Related terms

homo genus_Homo

2
[ adjective ] ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

Synonyms

neanderthal loutish oafish swinish boorish

Examples

"was boorish and insensitive" "the loutish manners of a bully" "her stupid oafish husband" "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"

Related terms

unrefined

3
[ adjective ] relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man

Synonyms

Neanderthalian Neanderthal

Examples

"Neanderthal skull"

Related terms

homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis Neanderthal_man homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis Neanderthal_man homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis Neanderthal_man

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