HOMINOIDEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hominoidea mean? 

• HOMINOIDEA (noun)
  The noun HOMINOIDEA has 1 sense:

1. anthropoid apes and human beings

  Familiarity information: HOMINOIDEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMINOIDEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anthropoid apes and human beings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Hominoidea; superfamily Hominoidea

Hypernyms ("Hominoidea" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Hominoidea"):

hominoid (a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea)

genus Proconsul (genus of extinct primitive African primates of the Miocene epoch; sometimes considered a subgenus of Dryopithecus)

genus Kenyapithecus; Kenyapithecus (extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya)

genus Aegyptopithecus (a genus of Hominoidea)

Algeripithecus; genus Algeripithecus (an extinct genus of Hominoidea)

Holonyms ("Hominoidea" is a member of...):

Anthropoidea; suborder Anthropoidea (monkeys; apes; hominids)