–oid (–oid). [Gr. �, fr. εἰ̑δοσ 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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.