PREHOMINID


Meaning of PREHOMINID in English

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

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