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Definition of Hominoid
1. Noun. A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea.
Group relationships: Hominoidea, Superfamily Hominoidea
Specialized synonyms: Proconsul, Aegyptopithecus, Algeripithecus Minutus
Definition of Hominoid
1. Noun. Any great ape (such as man) belonging to the superfamily ''Hominoidea'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hominoid
1. a manlike animal [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hominoid
Literary usage of Hominoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selected Proceedings of the Sheffield Symposium on Applied Probability by Ishwar V. Basawa, Robert Lee Taylor (1991)
"References [1] Barry, D. and Hartigan JA (1987) Statistical analysis of hominoid
molecular evolution. Statist. Sci. 2, 191-210. ..."
2. Dordogne by Mike Smith (2006)
"The earliest hominoid skeletons found on the African continent are some 3 million
years old. As ape-man gradually evolved into homo erectus, posture became ..."
3. The Architect and the Scaffold: Evolution and Education in South Africa by W. James, Lynne Wilson (2002)
"... a 'dark and suspect' contribution to the explanation of the remarkably rapid
changes in recent hominoid head/human evolution? More importantly, is all ..."
4. Mr Brouard's Odyssey by Diana Winsor (2004)
""So diere we have her - our imaginary ancestor, destined to survive the KT
cataclysm and radiate out into the entire hominoid superfamily. ..."
5. Evolution of the Plio-Pleistocene African Suidae by James Michael Harris, Timothy D. White (1979)
"Calibration of hominoid evolution (Edinburgh), pp. 303-329. COPPENS, Y. 1967.
"Les faunes de vertébrés Quaternaires du Tchad." In: WW Bishop and JD Clark ..."
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