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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

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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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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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