Usually means: Ancestors preceding the genus Homo.
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  1. prehominid: Merriam-Webster
  2. prehominid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. prehominid: Collins English Dictionary
  4. prehominid: Wiktionary
  5. prehominid: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. prehominid: Dictionary.com
  7. prehominid: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Prehominid: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  Any evolutionary ancestor of the hominids.

Similar:
protohominid, hominin, hominine, paranthropine, human, hominoid, hominid, hominiform, protomammal, homotherine, more...

Opposite:
hominid, posthominid, modern human, Homo sapiens

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Similar:
protohominid, hominin, hominine, paranthropine, human, hominoid, hominid, hominiform, protomammal, homotherine, more...

Opposite:
hominid, posthominid, modern human, Homo sapiens



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