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hominine

hominine adjective: of or relating to the Homininae, a subfamily of Hominidae that includes humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and some extinct relatives.

Adjective

hominine (comparative more hominine, superlative most hominine)

  1. Of or relating to the Homininae, a subfamily of Hominidae that includes humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and some extinct relatives.

Noun

hominine (plural hominines)

  1. Any member of the subfamily Homininae.
    • To judge from its sinuses, Hispanopithecus crusafonti is the earliest known hominine (the group including all great apes except orangs).2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 115

Forms of hominine

Adjective
comparativemore hominine
superlativemost hominine
Noun
pluralhominines

Questions about hominine

What does hominine mean?
Hominine means of or relating to the Homininae, a subfamily of Hominidae that includes humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and some extinct relatives.
What part of speech is hominine?
Hominine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hominine in the dictionary

  1. hominids
  2. hominies
  3. hominiform
  4. hominiforms
  5. hominin
  6. hominine
  7. hominines
  8. hominins
  9. hominisation
  10. hominise
  11. hominised

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