- protohuman
- adjective Date: circa 1909 of, relating to, or resembling an early hominid (as an australopithecine) • protohuman noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
protohuman
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protohuman — [prōt΄ōhyo͞o′mən] adj. of or relating to the humanlike primates that exist or did exist … English World dictionary
protohuman — /proh toh hyooh meuhn/ or, often, / yooh /, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens. n. 2. a protohuman animal. [1905 10; PROTO + HUMAN] * * * … Universalium
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protohuman — pro•to•hu•man [[t]ˌproʊ toʊˈhyu mən[/t]] or, often, [[t] ˈyu [/t]] adj. 1) pan of, pertaining to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens[/ex] 2) pan a protohuman animal … From formal English to slang
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