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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to the genus Homo, or man; manlike; hominiform.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective characteristic of humankind.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or relating to the Homininae, a subfamily of Hominidae that includes humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and some extinct relatives.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective characteristic of humankind

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