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HOMINOID

Dictionary entry overview: What does hominoid mean?

• HOMINOID (noun)
The noun HOMINOID has 1 sense:

1. a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea

Familiarity information: HOMINOID used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HOMINOID (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hominoid" is a kind of...):

primate (any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hominoid"):

proconsul (an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul)

Aegyptopithecus (extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; fossils found in Egypt)

Algeripithecus minutus (tiny (150 to 300 grams) extinct primate of 46 to 50 million years ago; fossils found in Algeria; considered by some authorities the leading candidate for the first anthropoid)

Holonyms ("hominoid" is a member of...):

Hominoidea; superfamily Hominoidea (anthropoid apes and human beings)

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