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piltdown hoax
 

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Noun piltdown hoax has 1 sense
  1. Piltdown man, Piltdown hoax - a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax
    --1 is a kind of primitive, primitive person; fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on

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Piltdown Hoax

Definition: The Piltdown Hoax refers to a notorious archaeological forgery where artificial fossils were planted and presented as the missing link between humans and apes.

Parts of speech: Noun

Senses/Usages:

  1. A fraudulent archaeological discovery
  2. An elaborate scientific hoax

Sample sentences:

  • The Piltdown Hoax, masterminded by Charles Dawson, fooled the scientific community for over four decades.
  • The discovery of the Piltdown Man, later revealed to be part of the Piltdown Hoax, was a sensational event in the early 20th century.

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