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reptiloid

reptiloid noun: a reptilian humanoid creature.

Noun

reptiloid (plural reptiloids)

  1. A reptilian humanoid creature.
    • Somewhere in the cosmos, he said, along with all the planets inhabited by humanoids, reptiloids, fishoids, walking treeoids and superintelligent shades of the colour blue, there was also a planet entirely given over to ballpoint life forms.1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 15, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN

Forms of reptiloid

pluralreptiloids

Origin of reptiloid

From reptile + -oid.

Questions about reptiloid

What does reptiloid mean?
Reptiloid means a reptilian humanoid creature.
What part of speech is reptiloid?
Reptiloid is a noun.
What is the plural of reptiloid?
The plural of reptiloid is reptiloids.

Words near reptiloid in the dictionary

  1. reptilious
  2. reptilism
  3. reptility
  4. reptilium
  5. reptilivorous
  6. reptiloid
  7. reptiloids
  8. reptilologist
  9. reptilology
  10. reptin
  11. reptitious

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