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sapiens

sa.pi.ens \'sap-e--*nz, 'sa--pe--, -.enz\ aj [NL (specific epithet of Homo 
   sapiens), fr. L, pp. of sapere] : of, relating to, or being recent man 
   (Homo sapiens) as distinguis hed from various fossil men