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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An extinct hominin known primarily from a fossil jaw found near Heidelberg, Germany. Once considered closely related to Homo erectus, it is now classified as H. heidelbergensis.
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- noun a type of primitive man who lived in Europe
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