Homo floresiensis

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin homo (“man”) + Flores, the Indonesian island on which Homo floresiensis was discovered.

Proper noun

Homo floresiensis m

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – extinct recent species of man, of short stature.

Hypernyms

(species): Primates - order; Haplorhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hominidae - family; Homininae - subfamily; Hominini - tribe; Hominina - subtribe; Homo - genus

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