designoid

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adjective

That came up by accident but appears to be designed.

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Meanings

adjectivedesignoid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat came up by accident but appears to be designed.
noundesignoid (plural designoids)

plural designoids

  1. A designoid object.

Origin

From design + -oid. Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1996 in the book Climbing Mount Improbable.

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Cite this entry
APA

designoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/designoid

MLA

“designoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/designoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “designoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/designoid.

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