bananoid

English

Etymology

banana +‎ -oid

Adjective

bananoid (not comparable)

1. (very rare) Having the qualities, particularly the shape, of a banana.

   Synonym: bananalike

   • 1941, The Nation‎^[1], volume 152, J.H. Richards, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 413:

     Here and there appeared an ominous but graceful swirl in the water; once there was a muffled curse. Minutes later, when the gobs climbed leisurelily out upon the adipose and bananoid shore, one straggler could be discerned loitering in the harbor and slowly tearing an unwary shark to pieces.

   • 1975, Fusion Nucléaire‎^[2], volume 15, International Atomic Energy Agency., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 492:

     The trapped particles have guiding-centre orbits of the bananoid shape shown in Fig.6.

   • 2003 September 2, James O. Young, Art and Knowledge‎^[3], Routledge, →ISBN, page 73:

     Ordinary, non-metaphorical, exemplification is unproblematic. All of the instances of exemplification considered so far are non-metaphorical. The paint chip literally can exemplify the property of being teal since it literally is teal. The banana literally exemplifies bananahood since it really is bananoid.

Translations

bananalike — see bananalike