Homo
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Translingual
Etymology
From Latin homō (“human being, man”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Homo m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – various species of man, all but one of which is extinct.
- 2008, Futurama: Bender's Game (in English):
- Good God. Just knowing we're in the same genus makes me embarrassed to call myself Homo.
Synonyms
- Africanthropus, Anthropus, Archanthropus, Atlanthropus, Cyphanthropus, Europanthropus, Javanthropus, Kenyanthropus, Maueranthropus, Meganthropus, Nipponanthropus, Notanthropus, Palaeanthropus, Pithecanthropus, Praehomo, Proanthropus, Pseudhomo, Sinanthropus, Tchadanthropus, Telanthropus
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hominidae - family; Homininae - subfamily; Hominini - tribe; Hominina - subtribe
Hyponyms
(genus): Homo sapiens (sole extant species)
- (extinct species) Homo antecessor, Homo cepranensis, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo floresiensis, Homo georgicus, Homo habilis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo luzonensis, Homo microcranous, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo orientalis, Homo platyops, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo rudolfensis
Translations
References
- Homo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Homo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Homo by species on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Homo at Paleobiology Database
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Homo m (strong, genitive Homos, plural Homos)
- (informal, derogatory) homosexual, gay
- Synonyms: Homosexueller, Schwuler, Schwuchtel, Schwuli
- Antonym: Hete f
Declension
Declension of Homo [masculine, strong]
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