"glossoid" meaning in English

See glossoid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more glossoid [comparative], most glossoid [superlative]
Etymology: gloss- + -oid Etymology templates: {{confix|en|gloss|oid}} gloss- + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj}} glossoid (comparative more glossoid, superlative most glossoid)
  1. Resembling a tongue.
    Sense id: en-glossoid-en-adj-UUeAyRKE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with gloss-, English terms suffixed with -oid, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with gloss-: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52

Noun

Forms: glossoids [plural]
Etymology: gloss- + -oid Etymology templates: {{confix|en|gloss|oid}} gloss- + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} glossoid (plural glossoids)
  1. A tongue-like organ.
    Sense id: en-glossoid-en-noun-7SRJ9dIP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with gloss-, English terms suffixed with -oid, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with gloss-: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "gloss-",
      "gloss-#English"
    ],
    [
      "-oid",
      "-oid#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gloss",
        "3": "oid"
      },
      "expansion": "gloss- + -oid",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "gloss- + -oid",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more glossoid",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most glossoid",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "glossoid (comparative more glossoid, superlative most glossoid)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with gloss-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -oid",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling a tongue."
      ],
      "id": "en-glossoid-en-adj-UUeAyRKE",
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "glossoid"
}

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "gloss-",
      "gloss-#English"
    ],
    [
      "-oid",
      "-oid#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gloss",
        "3": "oid"
      },
      "expansion": "gloss- + -oid",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "gloss- + -oid",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "glossoids",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "glossoid (plural glossoids)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with gloss-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -oid",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tongue-like organ."
      ],
      "id": "en-glossoid-en-noun-7SRJ9dIP",
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ],
        [
          "-like",
          "-like"
        ],
        [
          "organ",
          "organ"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "glossoid"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with gloss-",
    "English terms suffixed with -oid",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "gloss-",
      "gloss-#English"
    ],
    [
      "-oid",
      "-oid#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gloss",
        "3": "oid"
      },
      "expansion": "gloss- + -oid",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "gloss- + -oid",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more glossoid",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most glossoid",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "glossoid (comparative more glossoid, superlative most glossoid)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling a tongue."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "glossoid"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with gloss-",
    "English terms suffixed with -oid",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "gloss-",
      "gloss-#English"
    ],
    [
      "-oid",
      "-oid#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gloss",
        "3": "oid"
      },
      "expansion": "gloss- + -oid",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "gloss- + -oid",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "glossoids",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "glossoid (plural glossoids)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A tongue-like organ."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ],
        [
          "-like",
          "-like"
        ],
        [
          "organ",
          "organ"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "glossoid"
}

Download raw JSONL data for glossoid meaning in English (1.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.