| CHOREOID | • choreoid adj. (Medicine) Resembling chorea. • CHOREOID adj. relating to the chorion, the dark brown vascular coat of the eye, also CHORIOID, CHOROID. |
| CLUPEOID | • clupeoid adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to fish closely related taxonomically to herring. • clupeoid n. (Zoology) Any of a group of fish closely related taxonomically to herring. • CLUPEOID n. a fish of the herring family, also CLUPEID. |
| CLUPEOIDS | • clupeoids n. Plural of clupeoid. • CLUPEOID n. a fish of the herring family, also CLUPEID. |
| CYCADEOID | • cycadeoid n. (Zoology) Any of the extinct plants of the order Bennettitales. • CYCADEOID n. a member of the cycad family. |
| CYCADEOIDS | • cycadeoids n. Plural of cycadeoid. • CYCADEOID n. a member of the cycad family. |
| GEOID | • geoid n. (Geography, geodesy) The shape, extending through landmasses (Continents, etc.), that the surface of… • GEOID n. the figure of the earth's mean sea-level surface assumed to be continued under the land. |
| GEOIDAL | • geoidal adj. Relating to, or shaped like a geoid. • GEOIDAL adj. relating to a geoid, the figure of the earth's mean sea-level surface assumed to be continued under the land. |
| GEOIDS | • geoids n. Plural of geoid. • GEOID n. the figure of the earth's mean sea-level surface assumed to be continued under the land. |
| NUCLEOID | • nucleoid n. (Microbiology) The irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized. • NUCLEOID n. the DNA-containing area of certain cells. |
| NUCLEOIDS | • nucleoids n. Plural of nucleoid. • NUCLEOID n. the DNA-containing area of certain cells. |
| OSTEOID | • osteoid adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bone; bonelike. • osteoid n. An organic matrix of protein and polysaccharides, secreted by osteoblasts, that becomes bone after mineralization. • OSTEOID n. an uncalcified bone matrix. |
| OSTEOIDS | • osteoids n. Plural of osteoid. • OSTEOID n. an uncalcified bone matrix. |
| SCARABAEOID | • scarabaeoid adj. Resembling a scarab. • scarabaeoid adj. (Obsolete, entomology) Of or pertaining to beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. • scarabaeoid adj. (Entomology) Of or pertaining to beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. |
| SCARABAEOIDS | • scarabaeoids n. Plural of scarabaeoid. • SCARABAEOID n. any of various kinds of lamellicorn beetle, esp. Scarabaeus sacer (sacred scarab), regarded by the ancient Egyptians as divine. |
| THYREOID | • THYREOID n. a shield-shaped bone. |
| THYREOIDS | • THYREOID n. a shield-shaped bone. |
| ZOOGLOEOID | • zoogloeoid adj. Relating to, or resembling a zoogloea. • ZOOGLOEOID adj. of or like a zoogloea, a mucilaginous mass of bacteria, also ZOOGLOEAL, ZOOGLOEIC. |