Definition of "hominid" []

• A primate of the family Hominidae, of which Homo sapiens is the only extant species. (noun)
• Of the Hominidae. (adjective)

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• "So I tried again and asked, “But the issue is what did the British museum have in mind when they used the term hominid in their catalog?"
• "The term hominid refers to modern humans and all their ancestors and collateral relatives dating back to the split between hominids and the lineage that ultimately gave rise to chimpanzees, sometime between about 6.5 million and 10 million years ago."
• "‘So I tried again and asked, But the issue is what did the British museum have in mind when they used the term hominid in their catalog?"