hominid
IPA: hˈɑmʌnɪd
noun
- Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans.
adjective
- Of the Hominidae.
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Examples of "hominid" in Sentences
- Homo sapiens are the wise hominids.
- Direct dating of the Florisbad hominid.
- That's a mammalian feature, not a hominid one.
- Just as hominid is a member of hominidae, etc.
- Immunological time scale for hominid evolution.
- The hominids seem to have moved in a leisurely stroll.
- Paranthropus aethiopicus is an extinct species of hominid.
- This article must be fixed, Australopithecus is not a hominid.
- The myriad of hominid fossils bolster the fact of human evolution.
- What one sees as a hominid or a hominoid, you see as something that is neither.
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