HOMINID


Meaning of HOMINID in English

/ ˈhɒmɪnɪd; NAmE ˈhɑːm-/ noun

( technical ) a human, or a creature that lived in the past which humans developed from

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WORD ORIGIN

late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Hominidae (plural), from Latin homo , homin- man.

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