-oid

 
Syllabification:

suffix

  • forming adjectives and nouns:
  • 1 Zoology denoting an animal belonging to a higher taxon with a name ending in -oidea: hominoid percoid
  • 2denoting form or resemblance: asteroid rhomboid

Origin:

from modern Latin -oides, from Greek -oeidēs; related to eidos 'form'