HOMINID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hominid mean? 

• HOMINID (noun)
  The noun HOMINID has 1 sense:

1. a primate of the family Hominidae

  Familiarity information: HOMINID used as a noun is very rare.

• HOMINID (adjective)
  The adjective HOMINID has 1 sense:

1. characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures

  Familiarity information: HOMINID used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMINID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A primate of the family Hominidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hominid" 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 "hominid"):

homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)

genus Pithecanthropus; Pithecanthropus; Pithecanthropus erectus (former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus)

genus Sinanthropus; Sinanthropus (genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned)

genus Javanthropus; Javanthropus (former genus of primitive man; now Homo soloensis: comprises Solo man)

australopithecine (any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago)

Sivapithecus (fossil primates found in India)

dryopithecine (considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans)

Holonyms ("hominid" is a member of...):

family Hominidae; Hominidae (modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man)

Derivation:

hominid (characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures)

• HOMINID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures

Synonyms:

hominian; hominid

Similar:

human (having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings)

Derivation:

hominid (a primate of the family Hominidae)

 Context examples 

A large terrestrial monkey found in Africa and Arabia, it is the largest non-hominid member of the primate order.

(Baboon, NCI Thesaurus)