homo
pronunciation
How to pronounce homo in British English:
UK ['hɒməʊ]
How to pronounce homo in American English:
US ['hoʊmoʊ]
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- Noun:
- someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
Word Origin
- homo (n.)
- short for homosexual (n.), attested by 1929; usually contemptuous.
Example
- 1. Now he has turned his attentions to modern homo sapiens .
- 2. If that series of circumstances had been even slightly different , there would have been no egg-headed homo sapiens .
- 3. Modern homo sapiens is still evolving .
- 4. One possibility is that the malapa specimens represent a late stage of an enduring species that gave rise to homo at an earlier date .
- 5. The women who marry them are known astongqi which might be translated as " homo-wife " using " homo - " for same .