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HOMINIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man

Synonyms:

family Hominidae; Hominidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Hominidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Hominidae"):

hominid (a primate of the family Hominidae)

genus Homo (type genus of the family Hominidae)

Australopithecus; genus Australopithecus (extinct genus of African hominid)

genus Plesianthropus; Plesianthropus (former name for the genus Australopithecus)

genus Sivapithecus (extinct primates; lower Pliocene)

Dryopithecus; genus Dryopithecus (genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene)

genus Ouranopithecus; Ouranopithecus; genus Lufengpithecus; Lufengpithecus (a genus of Hominidae)

Holonyms ("Hominidae" is a member of...):

Anthropoidea; suborder Anthropoidea (monkeys; apes; hominids)

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