[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

haloid \ha"loid\ h=a"loid or ha^l"oid, a. gr. "a`ls,
   "alo`s salt + -oid: cf. f. halo"ide. chem.
   resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds
   consisting of a metal united to a negative element or
   radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides,
   iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides. --
   n. a haloid substance.
   1913 webster

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