"designoid" meaning in English

See designoid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From design + -oid. Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1996 in the book Climbing Mount Improbable. Etymology templates: {{af|en|design|-oid}} design + -oid, {{coin|en|Richard Dawkins|in=1996|nat=British|occ=biologist}} Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1996 Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} designoid (not comparable)
  1. That came up by accident but appears to be designed. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-designoid-en-adj-8N0tMzao Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -oid, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2

Noun

Forms: designoids [plural]
Etymology: From design + -oid. Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1996 in the book Climbing Mount Improbable. Etymology templates: {{af|en|design|-oid}} design + -oid, {{coin|en|Richard Dawkins|in=1996|nat=British|occ=biologist}} Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1996 Head templates: {{en-noun}} designoid (plural designoids)
  1. A designoid object.
    Sense id: en-designoid-en-noun-aAnRF8so

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