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-oid

CIDE DICTIONARY

-oidsuff. [Gr. , fr. e'i^dos form, akin to to see, and E. wit: cf. F. -oïde, L. -oïdes.].
     A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

-oid, suffix forming adjectives and nouns, denoting form or resemblance (asteroid; rhomboid; thyroid).

Derivative
-oidal suffix forming adjectives. -oidally suffix forming adverbs.
Etymology
mod.L -oides f. Gk -oeides f. eidos form

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