hominoid

hominoid

English

Etymology

From Latin homin- +‎ -oid, after scientific Latin Hominoidea (superfamily name).

Noun

hominoid (plural hominoids)

1. Any primate (including humans and apes) belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea. [from 20th c.]
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin 2019, p. 111:

     Hominoids differ from monkeys in several ways, the most striking being the lack of an external tail.

Translations

Translations

Italian: ominoideo (it) Russian: гомино́ид (ru) m (gominóid)