neanderthal – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Neanderthal
n.
primeval man; cave man; simple-minded large man
adj.
of primeval man; crude, boorish
Neanderthal
Neanderthals or
Neandertals , also -, --, -, -) (named after the
Neandertal area in Germany) were a
species or
subspecies of
human in the
genus Homo which became extinct around 40,000 years ago. They were closely related to
modern humans, having
DNA over 99.5% the same. Remains left by Neanderthals include bone and stone tools, which are found in
Eurasia, from
Western Europe to
Central and
Northern Asia and the
Middle East. Neanderthals are generally classified by paleontologists as the species
Homo neanderthalensis, or alternatively a
subspecies of
Homo sapiens (
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis).
Neanderthal
Noun
1. extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
(synonym) Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
(hypernym) homo, man, human being, human
(member-holonym) genus Homo
Adjective
1. relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man; "Neanderthal skull"
(synonym) Neanderthalian, Neandertal
(pertainym) Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
neanderthal
Adjective
1. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
(synonym) boorish, loutish, neandertal, oafish, swinish
(similar) unrefined
Neanderthal
adj.
Neanderthal, of primeval man; crude, boorish
Neanderthal
nm.
Neanderthal
neanderthal (m)
n.
Neanderthal, primeval man; cave man; simple-minded large man
