Definitions for hominids

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hominids hom·i·nid

Spelling: [hom-uh-nid]

IPA: /ˈhɒm ə nɪd/

Hominids is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 191 anagrams from letters in hominids (dhiimnos).

Definitions for hominids

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 hominids

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

Examples for hominids

Never before have hominids of that age been found in such good condition.