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prehominid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-ho-minid
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any evolutionary ancestor of the hominids.

Etymology

From pre- + hominid.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

prehominids (plural)

Questions

What does prehominid mean?
Any evolutionary ancestor of the hominids.
Where does prehominid come from?
From pre- + hominid.

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