Meanings
nounreptiloid (plural reptiloids)
plural reptiloids
- literatureA reptilian humanoid creature.
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.
1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 15, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN
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Translations
German Echsenmensch, Reptiloid
- Echsenmenscha reptilian humanoid creature
- Reptiloida reptilian humanoid creature
Polish reptiloid
- reptiloida reptilian humanoid creature
Russian рептило́ид
- рептило́ид (reptilóid)a reptilian humanoid creature
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APA
reptiloid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reptiloid
MLA
“reptiloid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reptiloid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reptiloid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reptiloid.
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