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Homo sapiens

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Homo sapien. form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A human being (Homo sapiens).

    "[…] let’s take a look at the scenery tell me what do you think when you see all this pile-up of people these multitudes of man this humongosity of humanity this superabundance of homo sapiens ah well what I see is we’re in the barrio poor folk’s part of town where you find the masses […]"

  3. 3
    plural of homo sapien form-of, plural
  4. 4
    the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin homō sapiēns, from Latin homō (“human being”) + sapiēns (“wise, sensible, judicious”).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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