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Meanings of humanoid in English

Portuguese
robôs humanoides
Catalan
androide
Spanish
androide

An automaton that resembles a human being.

robôs humanoides

Having the form of a man.

Usage of humanoid in English
1
Executives hope computers with humanoid wit can help them catch misbehavior quickly.
Reuters
2
One of the sea folk is a marine mammal, half-humanoid and half-fish.
Midnight at the well of souls
3
Thus the resulting plethora of humanoid-inhabited planets in various stages of development.
Space Master, GM Book
4
Many of the teams in the challenge are creating fairly humanoid robots.
Wired
5
A consultant who, unknown to Baltar, was Number Six, a humanoid Cylon.
The Science of Battlestar Galactica
6
They were four-armed humanoid giants, mutations or throwbacks to an earlier age.
The darkness before the dawn
7
Except for their short brown fur, the natives are humanoid in appearance.
Cry from a Far Planet
8
The robot she had become was nearly humanoid again, but not quite.
Safe harbour
9
Consider Honda's nearly 20-year project developing artificially intelligent, humanoid robots like Asimo.
Wired
10
AG Role he was born to play Aggressive humanoid alien emperor 4.
The Guardian
11
Human or humanoid, the creature would still have to live on Dis.
Planet of the Damned
12
It was huge, maybe twelve feet tall, and roughly humanoid in shape.
Cold Days
13
The block's screen was showing two humanoid simulacrums running through contortional permutations.
The Reality Dysfunction
14
Pepper, a humanoid, waves while leading a group of senior citizens in exercises.
Reuters
15
A lot of people assume humanoid means primate, but there are other options.
Blue Moon
16
The Skybot F-850 is the first humanoid robot sent to space by Russia.
Reuters
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Translations for humanoid
Catalan
androide
Humanoid through the time
Humanoid across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common