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hominoid

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hominoid
of, relating to, or belonging to the primate superfamily Hominoidea, which includes the anthropoid apes and man
hominoid [′häm·ə‚nȯi̇d]
(anthropology)
A member of the biological superfamily Hominoidea, including humans, the apes (great and lesser apes), and a number of their extinct ancestors and relatives.
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