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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A human.

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  • noun A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.
  • noun Another, extinct member of the genus Homo.

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

  • noun any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

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