Homo
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin homō (“human being, man”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Homo m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – various species of man, all but one of which is extinct.
- 2008, Futurama: Bender's Game (in English):
- Good God. Just knowing we're in the same genus makes me embarrassed to call myself Homo.
Synonyms edit
- Africanthropus, Anthropus, Archanthropus, Atlanthropus, Cyphanthropus, Europanthropus, Javanthropus, Kenyanthropus, Maueranthropus, Meganthropus, Nipponanthropus, Notanthropus, Palaeanthropus, Pithecanthropus, Praehomo, Proanthropus, Pseudhomo, Sinanthropus, Tchadanthropus, Telanthropus
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hominidae - family; Homininae - subfamily; Hominini - tribe; Hominina - subtribe
Hyponyms edit
(genus): Homo sapiens (sole extant species)
- (extinct species) Homo antecessor, Homo cepranensis, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo floresiensis, Homo georgicus, Homo habilis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo luzonensis, Homo microcranous, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo orientalis, Homo platyops, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo rudolfensis
Translations edit
References edit
- Homo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Homo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Homo by species on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Homo at Paleobiology Database
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Homo m (strong, genitive Homos, plural Homos)
- (informal, derogatory) homosexual, gay
- Synonyms: Homosexueller, Schwuler, Schwuchtel, Schwuli
- Antonym: Hete f
Declension edit
Declension of Homo [masculine, strong]