- homo⇄homo (1), noun, pl.homines.
the Latin word for ""man,"" used in various Latin compounds to describe some essential characteristic or quality, as in ?homo ludens and ?homo faber. - homo⇄homo (2), noun, pl.-mos.
(Slang.) a homosexual. - Homo⇄Homo, noun.
(Zoology.) the genus of primate mammals comprising man, including one extant species, ?Homo sapiens, and various extinct species known from fossil remains.