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Homo sapiens
Ho·mo sa·pi·ens [ hmō sáypee ənz, hmō sáypee ènz ]


noun 
Definition:
 
human beings: the species of modern human beings, the only extant species of the family that also included other species named Homo. Family Hominidae.
[< modern Latin, "wise man"]
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