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ˈhɒm ə nɪdho·minid

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hominidadjective

    a primate of the family Hominidae

  2. hominian, hominidadjective

    characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures

GCIDE

  1. hominidnoun

    Any animal of the family Hominidae, including modern man as well as extinct species of the genera Homo and Australopithecus.

Wiktionary

  1. hominidnoun

    Any primate of the family Hominidae. All the great apes (Humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans).

  2. hominidadjective

    Of the Hominidae

Wikipedia

  1. hominid

    The Hominidae (), whose members are known as the great apes or hominids (), are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); Gorilla (the eastern and western gorilla); Pan (the chimpanzee and the bonobo); and Homo, of which only modern humans (Homo sapiens) remain.Several revisions in classifying the great apes have caused the use of the term hominid to vary over time. The original meaning of "hominid" referred only to humans (Homo) and their closest extinct relatives. However, by the 1990s humans, apes, and their ancestors were considered to be "hominids". The earlier restrictive meaning has now been largely assumed by the term hominin, which comprises all members of the human clade after the split from the chimpanzees (Pan). The current meaning of "hominid" includes all the great apes including humans. Usage still varies, however, and some scientists and laypersons still use "hominid" in the original restrictive sense; the scholarly literature generally shows the traditional usage until the turn of the 21st century.Within the taxon Hominidae, a number of extant and known extinct, that is, fossil, genera are grouped with the humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas in the subfamily Homininae; others with orangutans in the subfamily Ponginae (see classification graphic below). The most recent common ancestor of all Hominidae lived roughly 14 million years ago, when the ancestors of the orangutans speciated from the ancestral line of the other three genera. Those ancestors of the family Hominidae had already speciated from the family Hylobatidae (the gibbons), perhaps 15 to 20 million years ago.Due to the close genetic relationship between humans and the other great apes, certain animal rights organizations, such as the Great Ape Project, argue that nonhuman great apes are persons and should be given basic human rights. Twenty-nine countries have instituted research bans to protect great apes from any kind of scientific testing.

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  1. hominid

    A hominid is a primate of a family (Hominidae) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors and also some of the great apes (such as the orangutan, gorilla, chimpanzee, and bonobo). These species share certain characteristics including upright stance, large brains, and a tendency towards complex social structures and behavior.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hominid in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hominid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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