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Piltdown man

Pilt·down man [ pílt dòwn màn ]


noun 
Definition:
 
supposed early human being: a supposed primitive form of human being represented by remains of bones found in Sussex, England in 1912, shown in 1953 to be a hoax

[Early 20th century. After a village in Sussex, England]
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