protohuman: Meaning and Definition of

pro•to•hu•man

Pronunciation: (prō"tō-hy'mun or, often, -y'-), [key]
— adj.
  1. of, pertaining to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens.
—n.
  1. a protohuman animal.
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