hominoid

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈhɒmənɔɪd/
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/ˈhɒmənɔɪd/ · /ˈhɑmənɔɪd/

Definition of hominoid

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any anthropoid (including humans and apes) belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea.
    “Hominoids differ from monkeys in several ways, the most striking being the lack of an external tail.”

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Etymology

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

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