- hominid
- hom·i·nid
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hominid
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hominid — HOMINÍD, hominizi, s.m. (La pl.) Familie de primate cuprinzând omul şi precursorii săi fosili din perioada cuaternară (Hominidae); (şi la sg.) reprezentant al acestei familii. – Din fr. hominides. Trimis de gall, 16.10.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 … … Dicționar Român
hominid — (n.) 1889, family of mammals represented by man, from Mod.L. Hominidæ the biological family name, coined 1825 from L. homo (gen. hominis) man (see HOMUNCULUS (Cf. homunculus)). As an adjective from 1915 … Etymology dictionary
hominid — ► NOUN Zoology ▪ a member of a family of primates which includes humans and their fossil ancestors. ORIGIN from Latin homo man … English terms dictionary
hominid — [häm′ə nid] n. [< ModL Hominidae < L homo (gen. hominis): see HOMO1 & IDAE] any of a family (Hominidae) of two legged primates including all forms of humans, extinct and living … English World dictionary
Hominid — A hominid is any member of the biological family Hominidae (the great apes ), including the extinct and extant humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans. This classification has been revised several times in the last few decades. These… … Wikipedia
hominid — hominian hominian, hominid hominid . Any animal of the family {Hominidae}, including modern man as well as extinct species of the genera {Homo} and {Australopithecus}. Syn: homonid. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hominid — Menschenaffen Systematik Überordnung: Euarchontoglires Ordnung: Primaten (Primates) Unterordnung: Trockennasenaffen (Haplorhini) … Deutsch Wikipedia
hominid — UK [ˈhɒmɪnɪd] / US [ˈhɑmənɪd] noun [countable] Word forms hominid : singular hominid plural hominids a human, or an ancient creature from which humans developed … English dictionary
hominid — hominian hominian hominid hominidadj. characterizing the family {Hominidae}, which includes {Homo sapiens} sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures. [Narrower terms: {human (vs. nonhuman) ] WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hominid — noun Etymology: New Latin Hominidae, from Homin , Homo + idae Date: circa 1889 any of a family (Hominidae) of erect bipedal primate mammals comprising recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms • hominid adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Hominid — Ho|mi|nid, der; en, en, (häufiger:) Ho|mi|ni|de, der; n, n [zu lat. homo, ↑ 1Homo u. griech. eide̅̓s = gestaltig] (Biol.): Vertreter einer Familie von Lebewesen, die aus dem heutigen Menschen u. seinen Vorläufern sowie den Menschenaffen besteht.… … Universal-Lexikon
