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Definition of Humanoid
1. Noun. An automaton that resembles a human being.
Definition of Humanoid
1. Adjective. Having the appearance or characteristics of a human. ¹
2. Noun. A being having the appearance or characteristics of a human. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Humanoid
1. something having human form [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humanoid
Literary usage of Humanoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"To this reasonable objection there are two answers, first that in its many
acquisitions the arboreal evolution of the humanoid precursors of man prepared ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1906)
"humanoid. (The Aylesbury Dairy Company, Limited, Bayswater, London.) This is one
of the numerous preparations of " humanised " milk, and is supplied in ..."
3. The System of Animate Nature: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the by John Arthur Thomson (1920)
"This left, towards the end of the Oligocene (others would say in the Miocene),
a generalised humanoid stem, perhaps weaker physically by the divergence of ..."
4. No Thornless Roses by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"(Bill Clinton may be a humanoid, too, however, it's still too soon to tell.)
[C: humanoid? You are ALL humanoids of one sort or another. ..."
5. The Control of Life by John Arthur Thomson (1921)
"More than that, it is a Primate backbone; more precisely still, it is a humanoid
backbone—that and nought else. Or again, while men differ greatly from one ..."
6. Jobless, Moneyless, & Free: Prospects for a New Social Order / Y Walter Prytulak by Prytulak, Walter (1980)
"Himself an animal, man created a society in his own image, a giant humanoid
society, with a well defined political boundary, kept alive by the regular beat ..."
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