| 释义 |
anthropolite, -lith|ænˈθrəʊpəlaɪt, -lɪθ|
[f. anthropo- + Gr. λίθος stone: see -lite.]
A petrified man; a fossil ascribed to the human species.
1848tr. Richter's Levana 43 The ideal man comes upon the earth as an anthropolithe (a petrified man). 1863G. Kearley Links in Chain, A veritable anthropolite, the petrified remains of one of the accursed race that was swept away by the flood. |
