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HOMINOID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hominoid" is a kind of...):
primate (any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hominoid"):
proconsul (an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul)
Aegyptopithecus (extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; fossils found in Egypt)
Algeripithecus minutus (tiny (150 to 300 grams) extinct primate of 46 to 50 million years ago; fossils found in Algeria; considered by some authorities the leading candidate for the first anthropoid)
Holonyms ("hominoid" is a member of...):
Hominoidea; superfamily Hominoidea (anthropoid apes and human beings)
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