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Meaning of HOMINID

Pronunciation:  'hâmunid

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a primate of the family Hominidae
  2. [adj]  characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures
 
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 Synonyms: hominian, human
 
 See Also: australopithecine, dryopithecine, family Hominidae, genus Javanthropus, genus Pithecanthropus, genus Sinanthropus, Hominidae, homo, human, human being, Javanthropus, man, Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus erectus, primate, Sinanthropus, Sivapithecus

 

 

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 Definition: a member of the family Hominidae, which includes humans.
 
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 Related Terms: aboriginal, aborigine, Adam, ancient, antediluvian, anthropoid, ape-man, autochthon, Bronze Age man, bushman, cave dweller, caveman, clay, fallen humanity, flesh, fossil man, generation of man, genus Homo, Hominidae, homo, Homo sapiens, human family, human nature, human race, human species, humanity, humankind, humanoid, Iron Age man, le genre humain, man, man of old, mankind, missing link, mortal flesh, mortality, mortals, preadamite, prehistoric man, prehuman, primate, primitive, protohuman, race of man, Stone Age man, troglodyte
 

 

 

 

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