First Known Use: 1949
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hominoid
noun hom·i·noid \ˈhä-mə-ˌnȯid\
Definition of HOMINOID
: any of a superfamily (Hominoidea) of primates including recent hominids, gibbons, and pongids together with extinct ancestral and related forms (as of the genera Proconsul and Dryopithecus)
— hominoid adjective
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Origin of HOMINOID
New Latin Hominoidea, from Homin-, Homo + -oidea, suffix of higher taxa, from Latin -oïdes 2-oid
Rhymes with HOMINOID
adenoid, alkaloid, amoeboid, aneroid, anthropoid, arachnoid, asteroid, Australoid, carcinoid, Caucasoid, celluloid, crystalloid, echinoid, ellipsoid, embryoid, eunuchoid, flavonoid, helicoid, hemorrhoid, humanoid, hysteroid, metalloid, Mongoloid, myeloid, nautiloid, nucleoid, null and void, obovoid, opioid, osteoid, overjoyed, paranoid, planetoid, Polaroid, retinoid, rheumatoid, solenoid, Stalinoid, trapezoid, unalloyed, unemployed
Medical Dictionary
hominoid
noun hom·i·noid \ˈhäm-ə-ˌnȯid\
Medical Definition of HOMINOID
: any member of the superfamily Hominoidea; also : an animal that resembles humans
—hominoid adjective
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