hominoid
noun/ˈhɒmɪnɔɪd/
/ˈhɑːmɪnɔɪd/
(specialist)- any member of a group that includes modern humans and anthropoid apes (= that look similar to humans), as well as earlier creatures that no longer exist from which modern humans evolved (= developed)Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Latin homo, homin- ‘human being’ + -oid.
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