nonhumanoid adj.
not having a human or human-like bodily form
Aliens
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1947 Scrambled World in Planet Stories Spring 84/2
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Basil Wells
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โThis future civilization might be unfriendly and,โ he paused thoughtfully, โeven non-humanoid.โ
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1951 Inside Earth in Galaxy Science Fiction Apr. 19/1
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Poul Anderson
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Then there were other races, blue-skinned Vegans, furry Proximans, completely non-humanoid Sirians and Antarians.
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1954 Star Beast (1978) 64
Robert A. Heinlein
The presence of Dr. Ftaeml on Earth had tipped Greenberg that something was up with a non-humanoid peopleโฆnon-human in mentality, creatures so different psychologically that communication was difficult.
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1984 Native Tongue iii. 40
Suzette Haden Elgin
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There was also the appeal of what it would be like to have his kid be the very first one to crack a nonhumanoid language.
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1993 Science Fiction Age Jan. 20/1
Why canโt we have more non-humanoid aliens?
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2012 Hydrogen Sonata iv. 56
Iain M. Banks
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It involves a fast, powerful ship, a single surgical strike with full end-operator tactical-choice freedom and โ in case any further action is required โ a micro-force of just two: a highly augmented special forces field-colonel and a non-humanoid combat arbite [sic].
Research requirements
antedating 1947
Earliest cite
Basil Wells, "Scrambled World"
Research History
Mike Christie submitted a cite from a 1978 reprint of Robert Heinlein's "Star Beast"; Edward Bornstein verified the cite in the 1954 first edition.Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1952 reprint of Poul Anderson's "Inside Earth": mIke Christie verified this in its 1951 first publication
Fred Galvin submitted a 1947 citation from "Scrambled World", by Basil Wells.
Bee Ostrowsky submitted a 2012 cite from Iain M. Banks's "Hydrogen Sonata".
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