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hominal, a.|ˈhɒmɪnəl|
[a. F. hominal, f. L. homo, homin-em, man: see -al1.]
Of or relating to man (in Natural History); human.
1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon i. vi. 35 Voltaire seems to have been the first who looked upon Man as constituting a separate kingdom..Most naturalists and ethnologists of the present day have adopted this moral, human, or hominal kingdom..Amongst living beings, or in the organic world, there are therefore three kingdoms: the vegetable, the animal, and the hominal. 1892Daily News 14 Jan. 5/3 The most remarkable studies of M. Quatrefages were on marine animals and on the human or ‘hominal’ kingdom. |