English Explanatory Dictionary

Homo sapiens

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of Homo sapien.
noun
  1. A human being (Homo sapiens).
noun
  1. plural of homo sapien

Word forms

Homo sapiens homines sapientes

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin homō sapiēns, from Latin homō (“human being”) + sapiēns (“wise, sensible, judicious”).

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