First Known Use: circa 1751
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android
noun an·droid \ˈan-ˌdrȯid\
in stories : a robot that looks like a person
Full Definition of ANDROID
: a mobile robot usually with a human form
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Origin of ANDROID
Late Greek androeidēs manlike, from Greek andr- + -oeidēs -oid
Rhymes with ANDROID
avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, discoid, factoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid
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android
adjective an·droid \ˈan-ˌdrȯid\
Medical Definition of ANDROID
1
of the pelvis : having the angular form and narrow outlet typical of the human male <a disproportionate number of difficult labors occur in women with android pelvises>—compare anthropoid, gynecoid, platypelloid
2
: relating to or characterized by the distribution of body fat chiefly in the abdominal region <android obesity>—compare gynecoid
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