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SUPERFAMILY HOMINOIDEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anthropoid apes and human beings
Synonyms:
Hominoidea; superfamily Hominoidea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("superfamily Hominoidea" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "superfamily Hominoidea"):
hominoid (a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea)
genus Proconsul (genus of extinct primitive African primates of the Miocene epoch; sometimes considered a subgenus of Dryopithecus)
genus Kenyapithecus; Kenyapithecus (extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya)
genus Aegyptopithecus (a genus of Hominoidea)
Algeripithecus; genus Algeripithecus (an extinct genus of Hominoidea)
Holonyms ("superfamily Hominoidea" is a member of...):
Anthropoidea; suborder Anthropoidea (monkeys; apes; hominids)
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