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homo

18 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) homo (noun)
  2. 2) homo (noun)
  3. homos
  4. homo-
  5. homo alieni juris (noun)
  6. Homo erectus (noun)
  7. homo faber (noun)
  8. Homo habilis (noun)
  9. homo legalis (noun)
  10. homo mensura (noun)
  11. Homo sapiens (noun)
  12. homo signorum (noun)
  13. homo sui juris (noun)
  14. homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto (foreign term)
  15. ecce homo (noun)
  16. legalis homo (noun)
  17. novus homo (foreign term)
  18. hom- (combining form)

1ho·mo

noun, often capitalized \ˈhō-(ˌ)mō\
plural homos

Definition of HOMO

: any of a genus (Homo) of hominids that includes modern humans (H. sapiens) and several extinct related species (as H. erectus and H. habilis)

Origin of HOMO

New Latin Homin-, Homo, from Latin, human being — more at homage
First Known Use: 1591

Other Anthropology Terms

ectomorph, ethnography, prehistory, yurt

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