/ Dictionary / Index A Africanthropus*: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Af•ri•can•thro•pus Pronunciation: (af"ri-kan'thru-pus, -kan-thrō'pus), [key] — n. a genus of hominids of eastern Africa, assumed from a number of now lost skull fragments to have been a form of archaic Homo: no longer in technical use. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. African sleeping sickness African trypanosomiasis Related Content Daily Word Quiz: rustic Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language