homo
Homogenized milk with a high butterfat contentHomogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
» Tom and Mary are homo sapiens.
Том и Мэри - гомо сапиенс.
Meaning
2 senses(Canada, US, countable, dated, uncountable)Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
(nonstandard)A human.
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
- someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex
Examples
17 sentencesTom and Mary are homo sapiens.
ruТом и Мэри - гомо сапиенс.
It's homo sapiens, not hetero sapiens.
Ziri is a homo.
Homo erectus looked much like we do today, but with elongated legs and shorter arms.
deDer Homo erectus sah fast so aus wie wir heute, nur dass er längere Beine und kürzere Arme hatte.
Tom and Mary are Homo Sapiens.
deTom und Maria sind Homines sapientes.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Clipping of homogenized. From Latin homō̆ (“a human being, man, person”), sometimes as aClipping of homogenized.
From Latin homō̆ (“a human being, man, person”), sometimes as a shortening of Homo sapiens. Doublet of gome, hombre, ombre, and omi.
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Forms
plural: homosSynonyms
6 synonyms- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage:manhuman beinghuman
- someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex:homosexualhomophilegay
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable