PREHOMINID


Meaning of PREHOMINID in English

Pronunciation: - ' hä-m ə -n ə d

Function: noun

Etymology: ultimately from Latin pre- + homin-, homo human being ― more at HOMAGE

Date: 1939

: any of various extinct primates resembling or ancestral to hominids

– prehominid adjective

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.