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hominoid

 
Dictionary: hom·i·noid   (hŏm'ə-noid') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of or belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea, which includes apes and humans.
  2. Resembling a human.
n.
A member of the Hominoidea.

[From New Latin Hominoīdea, superfamily name : Homō, type genus (from Latin homō, homin-, man; see homo1) + -oīdea, neuter pl. of -oīdēs, resembling (from Greek -oeidēs, -oid).]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea


Translations: Hominoid
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - en som tilhører arten menneske
adj. - som tilhører arten menneske

Nederlands (Dutch)
mens-/aapachtig(e)

Français (French)
n. - hominoïde
adj. - hominoïde

Deutsch (German)
n. - menschenähnliches Tier
adj. - menschenähnlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανθρωποειδές (ζώο)
adj. - ανθρωποειδής

Italiano (Italian)
ominide, di ominide

Português (Portuguese)
n. - hominídeo (m)
adj. - hominídeo

Русский (Russian)
гуманоид, человекообразный

Español (Spanish)
n. - hominoide
adj. - relativo a hominoide

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - människoliknande varelse
adj. - människoliknande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
人科之动物, 人科的, 似人类的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 人科之動物
adj. - 人科的, 似人類的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사람 비슷한 동물, 사람과에 속하는 동물
adj. - 사람 비슷한

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ヒト上科の物動, 人間に似た動物
adj. - ヒト科に似た, 人類に似た

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كائن شبيه بالإنسان (صفه) شبيه بالإنسان, ذو علاقه بالإنسان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בעל צורת-אדם‬
adj. - ‮שייך למשפחת האדם‬


 
 

 

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