/hoh"moh/ , n.
1. ( italics ) the genus of bipedal primates that includes modern humans and several extinct forms, distinguished by their large brains and a dependence upon tools. Cf. archaic Homo.
2. Informal. ( sometimes l.c. )
a. a member of the genus Homo.
b. the species Homo sapiens or one of its members.
[ 1590-1600; homo man; OL hemo the earthly one (see HUMUS); akin to L humanus HUMAN; c. OE guma, OIr duine, Welsh dyn man, Lith zmónes men ]