Hominid

//ˈhɑ.mə.nɪd//

"Hominid" in a Sentence (4 examples)

Tom is a hominid.

Researchers have described and named a new species of hominid in South Africa that lived nearly two million years ago, during a still mysterious period spanning the emergence of modern human beings.

What is a hominid?

I'm a hominid.

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