Humanoid

The term "humanoid" refers to any being whose body structure resembles that of a human. In this sense, the term indeed describes primate, as well as mythological creatures and artificial organisms (robot), especially in the context of science fiction and fantasy fiction. An android or gynoid is a humanoid robot designed to look like a specific gender, although the words are, in principle, synonymous. Usually, a fictional humanoid species has the same basic body outline as a human, being bipedal with hands which include fingers and opposable thumbs, but differs in details such as number of digits, coloring, ear form, presence of hair, average height and weight, size of nose, form of skin, "extras" such as horns, plates, claws, tails or multiple appendages, limb structure (such as having digitigrade legs) and taxonomic lineage (being descended from reptile, fish, rodent, marsupial, or a phylum not evolved on Earth, perhaps, instead of primates). Reptilian humanoid are a common concept.... full article at wikipedia