"habiline" meaning in English

See habiline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Homo habilis + -ine. Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Homo habilis|species}} Homo habilis, {{suffix|en||-ine}} + -ine Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} habiline (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to habilines. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-habiline-en-adj-pFr5vghr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Noun

Forms: habilines [plural]
Etymology: From Homo habilis + -ine. Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Homo habilis|species}} Homo habilis, {{suffix|en||-ine}} + -ine Head templates: {{en-noun}} habiline (plural habilines)
  1. A specimen of the now extinct species Homo habilis. Categories (lifeform): Hominids
    Sense id: en-habiline-en-noun-eGwPFL2i Disambiguation of Hominids: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ine Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ine: 28 72

Inflected forms

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