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hom·i·noid | \ ˈhä-mə-ˌnȯid 
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\Definition of hominoid
: any of a superfamily (Hominoidea) of primates including recent hominids, gibbons, and pongids together with extinct ancestral and related forms (as of the genera Proconsul and Dryopithecus)
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hominoid
nounhom·i·noid | \ ˈhäm-ə-ˌnȯid \
\Medical Definition of hominoid
: any member of the superfamily Hominoidea also : an animal that resembles humans
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The first known use of hominoid was in 1949
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