Definitions for hominid

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hominid hom·i·nid

Spelling: [hom-uh-nid]

IPA: /ˈhɒm ə nɪd/

Hominid is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in hominid (dhiimno).

Definitions for hominid

noun

1. any member of the group consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes (including gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans) and all their immediate ancestors.

Origin of hominid

1885-90; New Latin Hominidae, equivalent to Latin homin- (stem of homō) “human being, man” (see Homo) + -idae

Examples for hominid

Fossils, skulls, and hominid exhibitions throughout the caves are quite something.

Last Sunday, 60 Minutes aired a remarkable story about the discovery of two hominid fossils in South Africa.