homo
Homogenized milk with a high butterfat contentHomogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
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Translations
1 languagesExamples
17 sentencesTom and Mary are homo sapiens.
ruТом и Мэри - гомо сапиенс. — marafon
It's homo sapiens, not hetero sapiens.
Ziri is a homo.
Meaning
2 senses(Canada, US, countable, dated, uncountable)Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
(nonstandard)A human.
- someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
Origin
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- someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex:homosexualhomophilegay
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage:manhuman beinghuman
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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