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Piltdown Man

Noun:

1. A supposed early human ancestor whose fossilized remains were later discovered to be a hoax.

Example sentence: Scientists were initially fooled by the appearance of the Piltdown Man skull, only to realize decades later that it was an elaborate forgery.

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Adjective:

1. Pertaining to or related to the Piltdown Man hoax.

Example sentence: The piltdown man fossil is now infamous for being a major piltdown man hoax.

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Verb:

1. To perpetrate a deception or fraud similar to the Piltdown Man hoax.

Example sentence: The archaeologist was found guilty of trying to piltdown man his archaeological findings, causing a major scandal in the field.

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