reptiloid

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English

Etymology

reptile +‎ -oid

Noun

reptiloid (plural reptiloids)

  1. (science fiction) A reptilian humanoid creature.
    • 1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 15, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN:
      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.

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