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  • noun science fiction A mammalian humanoid creature.

Etymologies

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mammal +‎ -oid

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Examples

  • Omithoid, mammaloid, and reptiloid arboreals glided or flew through winding emerald tunnels.

    Shopgirls Frederick Barthelme 2010

  • Something small and mammaloid was snapping at the stick with long mini-hyena jaws, glaring through Cassandra's magic window with murderous eyes.

    Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995

  • Omithoid, mammaloid, and reptiloid arboreals glided or flew through winding emerald tunnels.

    Midworld Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1975

  • Omithoid, mammaloid, and reptiloid arboreals glided or flew through winding emerald tunnels.

    Midworld Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1975

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