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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Origin and Etymology of hominoid
New Latin Hominoidea, from Homin-, Homo + -oidea, suffix of higher taxa, from Latin -oïdes 2-oid
First Known Use: 1949
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Medical Definition of hominoid
: any member of the superfamily Hominoidea; also : an animal that resembles humans
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