GENUS HOMO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Homo mean? 

• GENUS HOMO (noun)
  The noun GENUS HOMO has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Hominidae

  Familiarity information: GENUS HOMO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HOMO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Hominidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Homo" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Homo"):

homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)

Homo erectus (extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain)

Homo soloensis (extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java; formerly Javanthropus)

Homo habilis (extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics)

Homo sapiens (the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc)

Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; Neandertal; Neandertal man; Neanderthal; Neanderthal man (extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia)

Cro-magnon (extinct human of Upper Paleolithic in Europe)

Boskop man (possible early Homo sapiens represented by a cranium found in the Transvaal; formerly considered a separate species)

Homo sapiens sapiens; modern man (subspecies of Homo sapiens; includes all modern races)

Holonyms ("genus Homo" is a member of...):

family Hominidae; Hominidae (modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man)