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Homo sapien

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the species Homo sapiens. nonstandard

    "A child possesses no human nature at birth. At this time he is only a raw homo sapien with human nature potentials, ..."

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of Homo sapien. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

Back-formation from the taxonomic name Homo sapiens, treated as if an English plural form.

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