HOMINID


Meaning of HOMINID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhä-mə-nəd, -ˌnid ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Hominidae, from Homin-, Homo + -idae

Date: circa 1889

: any of a family (Hominidae) of erect bipedal primate mammals comprising recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms

• hominid adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.