hominoid

English

Etymology

From Latin homin- +‎ -oid, after scientific Latin Hominoidea (superfamily name).

Pronunciation

Noun

hominoid (plural hominoids)

  1. Any primate (including humans and apes) belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea. [from 20th c.]
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 111:
      Hominoids differ from monkeys in several ways, the most striking being the lack of an external tail.

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