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单词 hominoid
释义

hominoid

noun

hom·​i·​noid ˈhä-mə-ˌnȯid How to pronounce hominoid (audio)
: 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)
hominoid adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Its enormous size—13 inches—also suggests a magnificent hominoid, a King Kong type of image! National Geographic, 19 Aug. 2017

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

hominoid

noun

hom·​i·​noid ˈhäm-ə-ˌnȯid How to pronounce hominoid (audio)
: any member of the superfamily Hominoidea
also : an animal that resembles humans
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