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protohominids

protohominids is the plural of protohominid.

Meaning of protohominid

Noun

protohominid (plural protohominids)

  1. Any of several primitive animals that were evolutionary ancestors of the hominids.
    • Although the ethological studies of chimpanzees cannot present us with a picture of the life of the protohominids, they can give us some insights into what these conditions may have been like.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 193

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Questions about protohominids

What is protohominids the plural of?
Protohominids is the plural of protohominid.

Words near protohominids in the dictionary

  1. protohistoric
  2. protohistorical
  3. protohistories
  4. protohistory
  5. protohominid
  6. protohominids
  7. protohomosexual
  8. protohuman
  9. protohumans
  10. protohypericin
  11. protohypsodont

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