How do you pronounce denisovan?

The recorded pronunciation is /dɨˈnɪsəvən/.

denisovan

/dɨˈnɪsəvən/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

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"Denisovan Man is the first human relative to have been identified purely from DNA, extracted from the bone and a tooth found in the Denisova cave in the Altai mountains of southern Siberia."
"A molar tooth, measuring around 1.5cm on each side and found at the site in 2000, also belongs to a Denisovan individual."
"It is the only known place on the planet where three types of humans — Denisovan, Neanderthal and modern — lived, probably not all at once."
"And yet, despite their having the entire genome of a Denisovan, Dr. Paabo cannot say much yet about what they were like."
"…this was only the third fossil ever found of a Denisovan, the others being the bit of finger bone and another molar, also from Denisova cave."
"The researchers were even able to split and analyze the two strands of the Denisovan's DNA, and thus differentiate the contributions of each parent."

From Denisova Cave, where Denisovan remains were discovered, + -an.

Denisovans (plural)

habiline Neanderthal