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Etymology

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From design +‎ -oid. Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1996 in the book Climbing Mount Improbable.

Adjective

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designoid (not comparable)

  1. That came up by accident but appears to be designed.

Noun

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designoid (plural designoids)

  1. A designoid object.

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