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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
sapiens
 
SYLLABICATION:sa·pi·ens
PRONUNCIATION:  sp-ns, -nz
ADJECTIVE: Of, relating to, or characteristic of Homo sapiens.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin sapins, sapient-, present participle of sapere, to taste, be wise. See sapient.
 
 
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