Hominid

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hominian \hominian\ hominid \hominid\adj.
     characterizing the family {Hominidae}, which includes {Homo
     sapiens} sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike
     creatures. [Narrower terms: {human (vs. nonhuman) ] WordNet
     1.5] hominian



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hominian \hominian\, hominid \hominid\n.
     Any animal of the family {Hominidae}, including modern man as
     well as extinct species of the genera {Homo} and
     {Australopithecus}.
  
     Syn: homonid.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hominid
       adj : characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo
             sapiens sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike
             creatures [syn: {hominian}]
       n : a primate of the family Hominidae

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "hominid":
     Adam, Bronze Age man, Hominidae, Homo sapiens, Iron Age man,
     Stone Age man, aboriginal, aborigine, ancient, antediluvian,
     anthropoid, ape-man, autochthon, bushman, cave dweller, caveman,
     clay, fallen humanity, flesh, fossil man, generation of man,
     genus Homo, homo, human family, human nature, human race,
     human species, humanity, humankind, humanoid, le genre humain, man,
     man of old, mankind, missing link, mortal flesh, mortality,
     mortals, preadamite, prehistoric man, prehuman, primate, primitive,
     protohuman, race of man, troglodyte