Meaning of hominid

hom•i•nid

Pronunciation: (hom'u-nid), [key]

— n. Anthropol.

any of the modern or extinct bipedal primates of the family Hominidae, including all species of the genera Homo and Australopithecus. See illus. in next columns.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

See also:

hominid (Thesaurus)

homing pigeon hominine

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