Humanoid

A humanoid is a being whose body structure resembles that of a human. In this sense, the term indeed describes primates, as well.
Usually, a humanoid species has the same basic body outline as a human, being bipedal with hands which include fingers and opposable thumbs, but differs in details such as number of digits, coloring, ear form, presence of hair, average height and weight, size of nose, form of skin, "extras" such as horns, plates, claws, tails or multiple appendages, limb structure (such as having digitigrade legs) and taxonomic lineage (being descended from reptiles, fish, rodents, marsupials, or a phylum not evolved on Earth, perhaps, instead of primates).
Elves and dwarves are examples of humanoids, in shape similar to humans but having evolved from a different source.
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