hominid

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: hom=i=nid

CIDE DICTIONARY

hominid, adj. 

 characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures.  [WordNet 1.5]

hominid, n. 

 Any animal of the family Hominidae, including modern man as well as extinct species of the genera Homo and Australopithecus.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hominid, n. & adj.
--n. any member of the primate family Hominidae, including humans and their fossil ancestors.
--adj. of or relating to this family.

Etymology

mod.L Hominidae f. L homo hominis man

THESAURUS

hominid

Adam, Bronze Age man, Hominidae, Homo sapiens, Iron Age man, Stone Age man, aboriginal, aborigine, ancient, antediluvian, anthropoid, ape-man, autochthon, bushman, cave dweller, caveman, clay, fallen humanity, flesh, fossil man, generation of man, genus Homo, homo, human family, human nature, human race, human species, humanity, humankind, humanoid, le genre humain, man, man of old, mankind, missing link, mortal flesh, mortality, mortals, preadamite, prehistoric man, prehuman, primate, primitive, protohuman, race of man, troglodyte