[ noun ] extinct genus of African hominid <noun.animal>
australopithecine \australopithecine\ adj. 1. of or pertaining to the genus {Australopithecus}. [WordNet 1.5]
Dart became widely known in 1925, when he publicized his claim that a skull found in South Africa's Cape Province came from an ape-like, pre-human form of man that he called Australopithecus.