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TAKE THE QUIZHominidae
noun plural
Ho·min·i·dae
hō-ˈmin-ə-ˌdē
: a family of bipedal mammals of the order Primates comprising recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms and in some recent classifications the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan see homo entry 1 sense 1
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