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Definition of -oid suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-oid

suffix

/ɔɪd/

/ɔɪd/

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(in adjectives and nouns) similar to
- humanoid
- rhomboid
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Word Originfrom modern Latin -oides, from Greek -oeidēs; related to eidos ‘form’.

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