Definition of Hominoidea

1. Noun. Anthropoid apes and human beings.


Medical Definition of Hominoidea

1. A superfamily of the Primates including the anthropoid apes and man. Divided into the families Pongidae (anthropoid apes) and Hominidae (humans). Origin: L. Homo (homin-), man, + G. Eidos, form (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hominoidea

Homer A. Thompson
Homer Armstrong Thompson
Homer Simpson
Homer Simpsonian
Homer Simpsons
Homer Thompson
Homer nods
Homerian
Homeric
Homeric laughter
Homerism
Homes
Homiel
Homines neanderthalenses
Homines sapientes
Hominoidea (current term)
Homo economicus
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo rhodesiensis
Homo sapien
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Homo sapiens sapiens
Homo soloensis
Homobasidiomycetes
Homoean

Literary usage of Hominoidea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"To make the hypothesis more clear we can consider to start from a super family Hominoidea which has three main families, viz., 1. ..."

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