
Homo
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Definition of the noun homo
What does homo mean as a name of something?
noun - plural: homos
- someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex
- lexical domain: People - nouns denoting people
- synonyms of homo: gay / homophile / homosexual
- more generic words: individual / mortal / person / somebody / someone / soul = a human being
- more specific terms:
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
- lexical domain: Animals - nouns denoting animals
- synonyms of homo: human / human being / man
- more generic word: hominid = a primate of the family Hominidae
- more specific terms:
- human beings / human race / humankind / humanity / mankind / humans / world / man = all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- Homo erectus = extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain
- Homo soloensis = extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java
- Homo habilis = extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics
- Homo sapiens = the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools
- Homo sapiens neanderthalensis / Neanderthal man / Neandertal man / Neanderthal / Neandertal = extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
- Homo rhodesiensis / Rhodesian man = a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa
- parts:
- lumbus / loin = either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds
- material body / physical body / human body / physique / anatomy / chassis / figure / build / flesh / frame / shape / form / soma / bod = alternative names for the body of a human being
- body hair = short hair growing over a person's body
- head of hair / mane = growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being
- human head = the head of a human being
- human foot / foot / pes = the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
- arm = a human limb
- manus / hand / mitt / paw = the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- human face / face = the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
- member of: genus Homo = type genus of the family Hominidae
Alternative definition of the noun homo
noun
- [colloquial, often, pejorative] Short form of homosexual.
- [uncountable, dated, US, Canada] Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
Definition of the adjective homo
What does homo mean as an attribute of a noun?
adjective
- [colloquial] [sometimes, pejorative] Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
- [not comparable] [Canada, US] Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.
Person
Who is Homo?
Homo a.k.a. Mykola Vorony was an Ukrainian writer, poet, theatre director, translator and actor.
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Phrases with Homo
Phrases starting with the word Homo:
- HOMO-
- Homo Lar
- Homo Milk
- Homo Sapien
- homo erectus
- homo habilis
- homo sapiens
- Homo Ergaster
- Homo-Simiadae
- Homo Georgicus
- Homo Okotensis
- Homo Politicus
- homo soloensis
- Homo Antecessor
- Homo Kenyaensis
- Homo Cepranensis
Phrases ending with the word Homo:
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Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Homo
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Hip-Hop-Perations (2000)
Surgical Essays and Poems for the Ghetto Mind by Khalil Amani
Homo is a part of our make—up. Ninety-nine percent of boys and men experience homoeroticism which is the sexual attraction for one's own sex, as in homosexuality or through masturbation. Statistically, between 18%—42% of men have had ...
Punch (1858)
by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Sir Owen Seaman
Homo is a substantive of common gender, and in the present instance is evidently to be referred to the second sex.
Current Directions in Radiopharmaceutical Research and Development (2012)
by Steven J. Mather
The HOMO is the highest energy orbital occupied by an electron, and its shape and location reveal the site of the most reactive electron in a molecule. The LUMO is the lowest energy orbital which is not occupied by an electron, and it is this ...
Human Heredity , Principles and Issues - Updated (2016)
by CTI Reviews
Homo is the genus of great apes that includes modern humans ...
Wiley-Blackwell Student Dictionary of Human Evolution (2015)
by Bernard Wood
Homo LINNAEUS, 1758 183 Hominoidea The superfamily comprising the living taxa of modern humans, chimpanzees/bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, and gibbons, and all the fossil taxa that are more closely related to these taxa than to any ...
A Dictionary of World History (2015)
by Edmund Wright
early humans Members of the family Hominidae, including our own species Homo sapiens, our presumed forebears ...
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary (1922)
With an Exhaustive Collection of Legal Maxims by Walter A. Shumaker, George Foster Longsdorf
HOMO ( Lat.) ...
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HOMO
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Homo
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Homo Faber
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Homo floresiensis
Taken at the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.
Photo credit: Ryan Somma
Homo rudolfensis
Taken at the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.
Photo credit: Ryan Somma
Homo Homini Lupus
Photo credit: Cacahuete Feliz
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What Is The Definition Of Homo - Medical Dictionary Free Online Terms
"Homo Diaspora": Reading Futurist Language Fiction as Translational Histories - Joshua Miller
A flurry of 21st century novels have appeared that could be described as linguistic dystopian fiction. Channeling apocalyptic millennial sentiments of both ...
What Is The Definition Of Homo - Medical Dictionary Free Online Terms
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Quotes about Homo
Only a Homo Ignorant terms himself Sapiens. (Hasier Agirre)
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Scrabble value of H4O1M3O1
The value of this 4-letter word is 9 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.
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