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Hominid vs Pongid - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between hominid and pongid

is that hominid is any primate of the family Hominidae. All the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans) while pongid is any primate in the family Hominidae except humans: the great apes (genera Gorilla, Pan, and Pongo).

As an adjective hominid

is of the Hominidae.

hominid

English

Noun

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

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of the Hominidae

    • pongid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any primate in the family Hominidae'' except humans: the great apes (genera ''Gorilla'', ''Pan'', and ''Pongo ).

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    * hominid

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