Resembling or having characteristics of a cup; cup-like in appearance or structure.
Combines Greek kyathos (cup) with -oid from Greek -oeidēs (resembling, having the form of), a common suffix in scientific terminology for similarity.
The -oid suffix is science's way of saying 'kind of looks like' or 'almost the same as'—cyathoid means cup-ish, which is way more precise than just saying 'cup-like' in academic papers!
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