Meaning

1 senses
  1. (nonstandard)A member of the species Homo sapiens.

    2000, Lauretta Lueck, The Many Waters As we know, there were many types of hominids, and in various stages of development, but none were modern, or completely Homo sapien.

Origin

Back-formation from the taxonomic name Homo sapiens, treated as if an English plural form.

Back-formation from the taxonomic name Homo sapiens, treated as if an English plural form.

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