Piltdown man
[′pilt‚dau̇n ‚man] (paleontology)
An alleged fossil man based on fragments of a skull and mandible that were eventually discovered to constitute a skillful hoax.
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Piltdown man
missing link turned out to be orangutan. [Br. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 46; Time, October 13, 1978, 82]
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