英语词汇“hominid”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hominid

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adjective

: of, relating to, or being a member of a family (Hominidae) of erect, bipedal, primate mammals that includes recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms and in some recent classifications the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan

The discovery of a 3.5-million-year-old hominid skull and other fossil remains in northern Kenya is shaking the human family tree at its very roots.

Michael Balter

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Within the United States, researchers believe there are likely more than one species of giant hominid.

David Ferry, Outside Online, 5 July 2016 War is the worst evil that people have inflicted upon one another, at costs to themselves, since some hominid discovered the lethal efficacy of rocks.

Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022 But the lure of the fossil beds remained strong, and his discovery of the lower jaw from the genus Australopithecus, an early hominid, brought him back into the field.

Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2022 An international team of scientists from New York University, the University of the Witwatersrand and 15 other institutions studied lower back bones found in 2015 that belonged to a female Australopithecus sediba, a type of ancient hominid.

Hannah Ryan, CNN, 23 Nov. 2021 For example, the initial discovery of a new fossil hominid usually elicits some different interpretations and expressions of uncertainty in the scientific community.

Sean B. Carroll, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2020 One thing that still mystifies Raia and Diniz-Filho is how these hominids, with tiny, chimp-sized brains, thrived for so long on the islands.

Fox News, 4 Nov. 2019 During much of the human journey from just another primate to world-conquering hominid, our four-legged pals have been right by our side.

Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020 Some 400,000 years ago, ancient hominids living in what is now Israel hunted down their meals and brought the remains back to a site known as Qesem Cave.

Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 11 Oct. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

New Latin Hominidae, from Homin-, Homo + -idae

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1889, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1915, in the meaning defined above

单词	hominid
释义	hominid 1 of 2 noun hom·i·nid ˈhä-mə-nəd -ˌnid plural hominids : any of a family (Hominidae) of erect bipedal primate mammals that includes recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms and in some recent classifications the great apes (the orangutan, gorilla, chimpanzee, and bonobo) hominid 2 of 2 adjective : of, relating to, or being a member of a family (Hominidae) of erect, bipedal, primate mammals that includes recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms and in some recent classifications the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan The discovery of a 3.5-million-year-old hominid skull and other fossil remains in northern Kenya is shaking the human family tree at its very roots. Michael Balter Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Noun Within the United States, researchers believe there are likely more than one species of giant hominid. David Ferry, Outside Online, 5 July 2016 War is the worst evil that people have inflicted upon one another, at costs to themselves, since some hominid discovered the lethal efficacy of rocks. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022 But the lure of the fossil beds remained strong, and his discovery of the lower jaw from the genus Australopithecus, an early hominid, brought him back into the field. Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2022 An international team of scientists from New York University, the University of the Witwatersrand and 15 other institutions studied lower back bones found in 2015 that belonged to a female Australopithecus sediba, a type of ancient hominid. Hannah Ryan, CNN, 23 Nov. 2021 For example, the initial discovery of a new fossil hominid usually elicits some different interpretations and expressions of uncertainty in the scientific community. Sean B. Carroll, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2020 One thing that still mystifies Raia and Diniz-Filho is how these hominids, with tiny, chimp-sized brains, thrived for so long on the islands. Fox News, 4 Nov. 2019 During much of the human journey from just another primate to world-conquering hominid, our four-legged pals have been right by our side. Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020 Some 400,000 years ago, ancient hominids living in what is now Israel hunted down their meals and brought the remains back to a site known as Qesem Cave. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 11 Oct. 2019 See More Word History Etymology Noun New Latin Hominidae, from Homin-, Homo + -idae First Known Use Noun circa 1889, in the meaning defined above Adjective 1915, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition hominid noun hom·i·nid ˈhäm-ə-nəd, -ˌnid : any of a family (Hominidae) of erect, bipedal, primate mammals that includes recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms and in some recent classifications the gorilla, chimpanzee, and organgutan hominid 1 of 2 adjective as in anthropoid Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance anthropoid humanoid humanlike human mortal creatural earthborn natural Antonyms & Near Antonyms nonhuman divine superhuman supernatural godlike animal angelic supernormal immortal omnipotent bestial preternatural brute omniscient subhuman angelical robotic inhuman beastly infrahuman See More hominid 2 of 2 noun as in human Synonyms & Similar Words human homo humanoid creature mortal person individual man specimen bird fish baby life personage being human being body egg sort soul scout cookie bod duck guy character wight customer party devil brother stiff cooky thing fellow face slob neighbor self head personality celebrity somebody fellowman Antonyms & Near Antonyms animal critter brute beast beastie
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