English > human being: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. |
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| Synonyms | homo, man, human |
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| Category of | body, organic structure | The entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) |
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| nutrition | The scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans) |
| polydactyly, hyperdactyly | birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes |
| prepubescent, prepubertal | (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty |
| schistosome dermatitis, swimmer's itch | A sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes |
| side | Either the left or right half of a body |
| syndactyly, syndactylism | birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes |
| Member of | genus Homo | type genus of the family Hominidae |
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| Parts | arm | A human limb |
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| body hair | short hair growing over a person's body |
| face, human face | The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear |
| foot, human foot, pes | The part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint |
| hand, manus, mitt, paw | The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb |
| human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh | Alternative names for the body of a human being |
| human head | The head of a human being |
| loin, lumbus | Either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds |
| mane, head of hair | growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being |
| Narrower | Homo erectus | Extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain |
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| Homo habilis | Extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics / characteristics |
| Homo sapiens | The only surviving hominid |
| Homo soloensis | Extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene |
| Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis | Extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia |
| Rhodesian man, Homo rhodesiensis | A primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa |
| world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man | All of the living human inhabitants of the earth |
| Broader | hominid | A primate of the family Hominidae |
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| Spanish | hombre, homo, humana, humanidad, humano, ser humano |
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| Catalan | ésser humà, home, homo, humà |
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| Adjectives | anthropic, anthropical | relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence |
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