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Definition of Neanderthal

1. Noun. Extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia.

2. Adjective. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance. "Aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"

3. Adjective. Relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man. "Neanderthal skull"

Definition of Neanderthal

1. a. Of, pertaining to, or named from, the Neanderthal, a valley in the Rhine Province, in which were found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man. The skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat, retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges. The cranial capacity is estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about midway between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern man. Hence, designating the Neanderthal race, or man, a species supposed to have been widespread in paleolithic Europe.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neanderthal

Ne NE ne'er ne'er-do-well neafe neafes neaffe neaffes neal nealbarbital

nealed nealing neals Neandertal Neandertal man Neanderthal Neanderthalian Neanderthal man neanic neap

neaped neaping Neapolitan Neapolitan ice cream neaps neap tide near near near(a) near-blind

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