PILTDOWN MAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax

Synonyms:

Piltdown hoax; Piltdown man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Piltdown man" is a kind of...):

primitive; primitive person (a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization)

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