prehuman
/pree-hyoo-muhn or, often, -yoo-/US // priˈhyu mən or, often, -ˈyu- //
前人类,人前,前人,人类之前
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
- : of or relating to a human prototype.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a prehuman animal.
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Examples
“Pure prehuman and micro-organic chemistry,” Aaron broke in.
So long as the organic hosts were in the prehuman stage the maintenance of the accord was easily and naturally attained.
This prehuman stage has, none the less, a very great significance in the developmental history of man.
Some regarded the skull as that of a giant gibbon, others as prehuman, and still others as a transition form.
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