hominid
noun/ˈhɒmɪnɪd/
/ˈhɑːmɪnɪd/
(specialist)- any member of the family that includes modern humans and great apes, as well as earlier creatures that no longer exist from which modern humans evolved (= developed)Word Originlate 19th cent.: from modern Latin Hominidae (plural), from Latin homo, homin- ‘man’.
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