reptiloid

English

Etymology

From 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.

Translations

a reptilian humanoid creature

• German: Reptiloid (de) m
• Russian: рептило́ид (ru) m (reptilóid)

See also

• lizardman

Anagrams

• liprotide