Humanoid
Humanoid is an adjective used to describe beings who possess physical characteristics similar to that of a human being. This includes bipedal alien races with four limbs, ten fingers, ten toes and a head. As baseline humans are used as the template for description, humans cannot also be humanoids. The term first appeared in 1912 to refer to fossils which were morphologically similar to, but not identical with, those of the human skeleton. Robots possessing humanoid features are often referred to as androids.
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