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anthropolite

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A petrified human body, or of any portion of it.

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Equivalents

Françaisanthropolite
Portuguêsantropólito

Examples

“It was in conglomerates of this kind that were discovered the famous Carib skeletons, known as anthropolites, that is, "stone men," one of which is preserved in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

anthropologian Anthropological Anthropologically Anthropologies Anthropologist Anthropologists

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