Ho·mo 
(hōmō)
(hōmō)n.
1. A genus of primates that includes modern humans (Homo sapiens) and several extinct species.
2. Used in combination with mock Latin adjectives to indicate a type of person or to characterize humans generally, often for humorous effect: Homo apatheticus.
[Latin homō, man; see dhghem- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]