Resembling or having the characteristics of bitumen; bitumen-like.
Combines 'bitumen' with the suffix '-oid,' which comes from Greek 'eidos' meaning 'form' or 'shape.' The suffix creates adjectives meaning 'resembling' or 'similar to.'
Geologists use the term 'bituminoid' to describe coal that looks and behaves like bitumen but isn't quite the real thing—it's like nature's practice run!
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