pre|hom|i|nid

pre|hom|i|nid
pre|hom|i|nid «pree HOM uh nihd», adjective, noun.
–adj.
of or having to do with a group of extinct, manlike primates regarded as immediate ancestors of the hominids.
–n.
a prehominid animal: »

Walking upright was initiated by prehominids (New Yorker).


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