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Hominidae

noun

modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man

• Syn: ↑family Hominidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anthropoidea, ↑suborder Anthropoidea

• Member Meronyms:

↑hominid, ↑genus Homo, ↑genus Australopithecus, ↑Australopithecus, ↑Plesianthropus, ↑genus Plesianthropus, ↑genus Sivapithecus, ↑Dryopithecus, ↑genus Dryopithecus, ↑Ouranopithecus, ↑genus Ouranopithecus, ↑Lufengpithecus, ↑genus Lufengpithecus

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\\hōˈminəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Homin-, Homo, type genus + -idae

: a family of mammals (order Primates) to which man and his ancestors belong : a family of animals consisting of mankind — see homo, man 1b(2), pithecanthropus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.