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hominoid

noun hom·i·noid \ ˈhä-mə-ˌnȯid \

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

adjective

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Its enormous size—13 inches—also suggests a magnificent hominoid, a King Kong type of image!

— National Geographic, "This Man Searched for the Yeti for 60 Years—and Found It," 19 Aug. 2017

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Origin and Etymology of hominoid

New Latin Hominoidea, from Homin-, Homo + -oidea, suffix of higher taxa, from Latin -oïdes ²-oid

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First Known Use: 1949

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hominoid

noun hom·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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hominoid

adjective

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