Hominid

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  • noun. Any of various primates of the family Hominidae, which includes orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and modern humans, and their extinct relatives. The family formerly included only Homo sapiens, extinct species of Homo, and the extinct genus Australopithecus.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One of the Hominidæ; a man.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any primate of the family Hominidae. All the great apes (Humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans).
  • adjective. Of the Hominidae
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  • adjective. characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures
  • noun. a primate of the family Hominidae
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    "So I tried again and asked, “But the issue is what did the British museum have in mind when they used the term hominid in their catalog?"
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