Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - neanderthal
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Neanderthal
neanderthal
noun Etymology: ~, valley in western Germany Date: 1863 1. (or Neandertal) a hominid (Homo neanderthalensis syn H. sapiens neanderthalensis) known from skeletal remains in Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia that lived from about 30,000 to 200,000 years ago — called also ~ man 2. one who suggests a caveman in appearance, mentality, or behavior • ~ or Neandertal adjective • ~oid adjective or noun
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adj. of or belonging to the type of human widely distributed in palaeolithic Europe, with a retreating forehead and massive brow-ridges. Etymology: Neanderthal, a region in W. Germany where remains were found ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. палеонт. неандерталец 2. палеонт. неандертальский Neanderthal man —- неандерталец ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(neanderthals) 1. Neanderthal people lived in Europe between 35,000 and 70,000 years ago. Neanderthal man was able to kill woolly mammoths and bears. ADJ: ADJ n • You can refer to people from the Neanderthal period as Neanderthals. N-COUNT: usu pl 2. If you describe people’s, especially men’s, ideas or ways of behaving as Neanderthal, you disapprove of them because they are very old-fashioned and uncivilized. Let us deal with the question of his notoriously Neanderthal attitude to women. ADJ: usu ADJ n c darkgreen]disapproval 3. If you call a man a neanderthal, you disapprove of him because you think he behaves in a very uncivilized way. ...drunken neanderthals. N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 humorous a big, ugly, stupid man 2 someone who opposes all change without even thinking about it 3 a Neanderthal man - Neanderthal adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1861, from Ger. Neanderthal "Neander Valley," gorge near Dьsseldorf where humanoid fossils were identified in 1856. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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