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Hominoid vs Haplorrhine - What's the difference?

hominoid | haplorrhine |

As nouns the difference between hominoid and haplorrhine

is that hominoid is any great ape (including humans]] and [[ape|apes) belonging to the superfamily hominoidea while haplorrhine is any primate of the evolved clade (half of the order) which comprises all apes (including hominoids), monkeys and even (prosimian) tarsiers.

hominoid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any great ape (including humans]] and [[ape, apes) belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea

    • haplorrhine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any primate of the evolved clade (half of the order) which comprises all apes (including hominoids), monkeys and even (prosimian) tarsiers

    • Synonyms

    * dry-nosed (primate)

    Antonyms

    * strepsirrhine