family hominidae

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   modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man

   SynonymsHominidae

   Broadermammal family

   Part ofAnthropoidea

Questions about family hominidae

What does family hominidae mean?

family hominidae means "modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man".

What is another word for family hominidae?

Close synonyms include Hominidae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is family hominidae a common word?

family hominidae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.