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Neanderthal

/niˈæn.dɚˌθɑl/ noun C2
  1. A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.
  2. A primitive, savage or uncivilized person.
  3. A white person.

Plural Neanderthals

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Above was a line of plaster skulls with such names as "Neanderthal," "Heidelberg," "Cromagnon" printed beneath them.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 80 · B2

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