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Hominid vs Australopithecine - What's the difference?

hominid | australopithecine |

As nouns the difference between hominid and australopithecine

is that hominid is any primate of the family Hominidae. All the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans) while Australopithecine is any of several extinct anthropoid apes of the genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus

As adjectives the difference between hominid and australopithecine

is that hominid is of the Hominidae while Australopithecine is of or pertaining to these animals or their fossils.

hominid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any primate of the family Hominidae. All the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans).

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of the Hominidae

    • australopithecine

    English

    (wikipedia Australopithecine)

    Alternative forms

    * australopithecine

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Any of several extinct anthropoid apes of the genera Australopithecus'' and ''Paranthropus

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to these animals or their fossils

    • Synonyms

    * Australopith

    See also

    * pithecine , -pithecine