hominid 1. A primate of the family Hominidae, of which the modern human, Homo sapiens, is the only extant species. 2. Of or belonging to the Hominidae. Links to other units that include the topic of 'man', 'mankind': andro-; anthropo-; vir-. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/998/
any of the modern or extinct bipedal primates of the family Hominidae, including all species of the genera Homo and Australopithecus. See illus. in next columns. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/hominid