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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
an·droid
 \\ˈan-ˌdrȯid\\ noun
 ETYMOLOGY  Late Greek androeidēs manlike, from Greek andr- + -oeidēs -oid
 DATE  circa 1751
: a mobile robot usually with a human form
English Etymology
android
  "automaton resembling a human being," 1727, from Mod.L. androides, from Gk. andro- "human" + eides "form, shape." Listed as "rare" in OED (1879), popularized from c.1951 by science fiction writers.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
android
an·droid / 5AndrCid / noun   a 
robot
 that looks like a real person
   人形机器人
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
an·droid
I. \ˈanˌdrȯid\ noun
also an·droi·des \anˈdrȯi(ˌ)dēz\
(plural androids or androides)
Etymology: Late Greek androeidēs manlike, from Greek andr- + -oeidēs -oid
: an automation of human form
II. adjective
Etymology: Late Greek androeidēs manlike
of the pelvis : having the angular form and narrow outlet typical of a well-built man
 < a disproportionate number of difficult labors occur in women with android pelves >
— compare 
gynecoid

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