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theroid definition

the·roid (t̸hir′o̵id′)

adjective

suggestive of an animal; beastlike

Etymology: Gr thēr, a wild beast (see fierce) + -oid

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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