HOMO SOLOENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Homo soloensis mean? 

• HOMO SOLOENSIS (noun)
  The noun HOMO SOLOENSIS has 1 sense:

1. extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java; formerly Javanthropus

  Familiarity information: HOMO SOLOENSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMO SOLOENSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java; formerly Javanthropus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Homo soloensis" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Homo soloensis"):

Solo man (early man of late Pleistocene; skull resembles that of Neanderthal man but with smaller cranial capacity; found in Java)

Holonyms ("Homo soloensis" is a member of...):

genus Homo (type genus of the family Hominidae)