Hominoid Definition

hŏmə-noid
noun
A gibbon, great ape, or human: in some systems of classification, any of a superfamily (Hominoidea) of such primates.
Webster's New World
A member of the Hominoidea.
American Heritage Medicine
adjective
Of or belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea, which consists of the lesser apes and the great apes including humans.
American Heritage Medicine
Of or like a human.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hominoid

Noun

Singular:
hominoid
Plural:
hominoids

Origin of Hominoid

  • From New Latin Hominoīdea superfamily name Homō type genus (from Latin homō homin- man homo1) -oīdea neuter pl. of -oīdēs resembling (from Greek -oeidēs -oid)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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