alantoide
Portuguese, noun
alantoide is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “allantois (sac in the alimentary canal of the embryos of mammals, birds and reptiles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, alantóide is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of alantoide; still used where…”.
What does alantoide mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineallantoid (sausage-shaped)
noun
- 1
masculineallantois (sac in the alimentary canal of the embryos of mammals, birds and reptiles)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of alantoide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of alantoide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of alantoide
- alantoides plural
- alantóide alternative
- alantóides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is alantoide in Portuguese?
alantoide appears about once in every 85 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).