Tom is a hominid.
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Hominid
//ˈhɑ.mə.nɪd//
Synonyms for "hominid" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (26)
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1 entriesderived
3 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- homínid noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
Czech
1 entries- hominid noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
Esperanto
1 entries- homedo noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
French
1 entries- hominidé noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
Galician
1 entries- homínido noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
German
4 entries- Grossaffe noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
- Grossäffin noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
- Großaffe noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
- Großäffin noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
Greek
2 entries- Ανθρωπίδας noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
- Ανθρωπίδης noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
Irish
2 entries- homainideach adj (of the Hominidae)
- homainid noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
Italian
1 entries- ominide noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
Portuguese
2 entries- hominídeo adj (of the Hominidae)
- hominídeo noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
Romanian
1 entries- hominid noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
Russian
1 entries- гомини́д noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
Sicilian
1 entries- uminidi noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
Spanish
1 entries- homínido noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
Swedish
1 entries- människoapa noun (primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
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.
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What is a hominid?
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I'm a hominid.
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