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the Latin word for “man,” used in various Latin compounds to describe some essential characteristic or quality, as in homo ludens and homo faber.╂[< Homo]ho|mo2 «HOH moh», noun, plural -mos.Slang. a homosexual.Ho|mo «HOH moh», noun.Zoology. the genus of primate mammals comprising man, including one extant species, Homo sapiens, and various extinct species known from fossil remains.╂[< New Latin Homo < Latin homō, -inis man]╂[< Greek homo- < homós same]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.