Hominoidea

Translingual
Hylobates muelleri

Etymology

From Homo +‎ -oidea (using the stem homin-).

Proper noun

Hominoidea

  1. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Primates – the great apes etc.

Hyponyms
  • (superfamily): Hominidae (great apes and humans), Hylobatidae (gibbons) (families)
    • †Kenyapithecinae (extinct subfamily, incertae sedis)
    • †Equatorius, †Griphopithecus, †Kenyapithecus, †Langsonia, †Morotopithecus, †Nacholapithecus, †Nakalipithecus, †Samburupithecus, †Ugandapithecus (extinct genera, incertae sedis)

References
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