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hominoid
noun
hom·i·noid
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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
noun
hom·i·noid
| \ ˈhäm-ə-ˌnȯid
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Medical Definition of hominoid
: any member of the superfamily Hominoidea
also
: an animal that resembles humans
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