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Word: neanderthal
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Meaning:
Adjective:
- Of or pertaining to ''Homines neanderthalenses''.
- Of or pertaining to the Neander Valley in Germany.
- Old-fashioned, opposed to change (in allusion to ''Homo neanderthalensis'').
- Primitive, old-fashioned, opposed to change (in allusion to the now extinct species ''Homo neanderthalensis'').
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Noun:
- A specimen of the now extinct species ''Homo neanderthalensis''.
- pejorative A primitive person.
- pejorative A primitive person or a person with old-fashioned ideas or who opposes change.
- (usually ''Neanderthal'') A specimen of the now extinct species ''Homo neanderthalensis''.
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