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Piltdown man Moderate

Piltdown man has 2 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax

Proper Noun
1

A supposed early human theorized from bone fragments said to have been found in a gravel pit in Piltdown, England, in 1912, but later identified as a forgery.

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Rhyming Words
man aman oman uman iman orman koman maman leman taman liman inman neman goman unman zaman numan raman daman ahman
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