Definition of "sapiens" [sapiens]

• Of, relating to, or characteristic of Homo sapiens. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Homo sapiens is Latin for “the wise human” or “the clever human."
• "Our own, specific, descriptive name, sapiens, comes from the Latin word to ` know. '"
• "Call me a species-ist if you will, but Homo sapiens is at the top of the food chain (most of the time) and that's why we get to call the shots (most of the time)."