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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hom-, - var. of homo- before a vowel:homonym.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ho•mo (hō′mō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mos. Slang (disparaging and offensive).- Slang Termsa homosexual.
Ho•mo (hō′mō),USA pronunciation n. - Physical Anthropology(italics) the genus of bipedal primates that includes modern humans and several extinct forms, distinguished by their large brains and a dependence upon tools. Cf. archaic Homo.
- Informal Terms, Physical Anthropology(sometimes l.c.)
- a member of the genus Homo.
- the species Homo sapiens or one of its members.
- Latin homō man; Old Latin hemō the earthly one (see humus); akin to Latin hūmānus human; cognate with Old English guma, Old Irish duine, Welsh dyn man, Lithuanian žmónės men
- 1590–1600
- a combining form appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant "same'' (homology);
on this model, used in the formation of compound words (homomorphic).
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] hom-. - Greek, combining form of homós one and the same; akin to Sanskrit sama-; see same
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