Designoid

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A designoid object.
Adjective
  1. 1
    That came up by accident but appears to be designed. not-comparable

Etymology

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

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by accident

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