I. noun
also hom·o·nid ˈhämənə̇d, -ˌnid ; or ho·min·i·an hōˈminēən
( -s )
Etymology: hominid from New Latin Hominidae; homonid alteration of hominid; hominian from New Latin Homin-, Homo + English -ian
: one of the Hominidae : a manlike creature : man
fossil hominids … are already quite uniformly assignable to our present genus Homo — W.M.Krogman
II. adjective
also kominian “
: of, relating to, or characterizing the Hominidae
regarding man as emerging from a welter of genetically related hominid types — Weston LaBarre