Definitions
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 , asubfamily ofHominidae that includeshumans ,gorillas ,chimpanzees , and someextinct relatives.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characteristic of humankind
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Examples
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What serves well alongside filet of bipedal nonhuman hominine?
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What serves well alongside filet of bipedal nonhuman hominine?
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I do not know how an opinion site can be this inclusive and be thought to be involved in censorship because it does not want to allow known logical fallacies such as argumentum ad hominine, and then only when that fallacy is committed in an outrageous manner.
OpEdNEws Demands Civility Among Disagreeing Progressives 2008
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Edit hominin Hominini hominine Homininae hominid Hominidae hominoid Hominoidea anyone else thinking of Ed Norton?
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A hominin is a member of the tribe Hominini, a hominine is a member of the subfamily Homininae, a hominid is a member of the family Hominidae, and a hominoid is a member of the superfamily Hominoidea.
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A hominin is a member of the tribe Hominini, a hominine is a member of the subfamily Homininae, a hominid is a member of the family Hominidae, and a hominoid is a member of the superfamily Hominoidea.
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“As I said before, we only have hominine remains to study, and there is no way to know that males purposely killed children that were not their own.”
Bell curves Sean 2005
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What I was saying is that in hominine sexes, both were strong.
Bell curves Sean 2005
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As I said before, we only have hominine remains to study, and there is no way to know that males purposely killed children that were not their own.
Bell curves Sean 2005
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Fourth, we believe that harem-keeping is only practicable in species whose dietary habits permit tight grouping of the females under the watchful eye of the dominant male; for other reasons, we believe that hominine feeding habits required greater disperson of the group.
Bell curves Sean 2005
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