Nonhumanoid

Quick meaning: Nonhumanoid is an adjective meaning Any creature that is not humanoid.

Meaning

Any creature that is not humanoid.

More Meanings

1. Not humanoid; being neither human nor humanlike; possessing neither the human nor humanoid features or body, such as that of a quadrupedal animal (horse), or a naturally limbless species (snakes).

Example Sentences

Nonhumanoid aliens and terrestrial monsters in almost every SF film combine biology and technology in various ways so as to become living contradictions.

“You and me, we’re gonna work our way back to the show, setting down on a bunch of Community worlds along the way and working on our act. On the humanoid worlds, I’ll be the trainer and you’ll be the animal; and on the nonhumanoid worlds, or at least on planets where you don’t look too much out of place, you’ll be the trainer and I’ll be the animal. We’ll flim-flam ’em six ways to Sunday!”

Word Forms

• nonhumanoids

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nonanthropomorphic, unanthropomorphic, nonhuman, nonhumanistic, unanthropomorphized, unpersonified.

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