bungaloid

adjective

bun·​ga·​loid

ˈbəŋgəˌlȯid

: resembling or suggesting a bungalow

when the prairie house was a pink bungaloid rash on the great open spaces

—Times Literary Supplement

: characterized by constructions resembling bungalows

depressed by the uglier and drearier parts of the town, or alarmed by its bungaloid outskirts

—William Plomer

Word History

Etymology

bungalow + -oid

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