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biorg

biorg noun: a non-human animal cyborg.

Noun

biorg (plural biorgs)

  1. (neologism, rare) A non-human animal cyborg.
    • In this case, the story concerns three pets who have gone missing—a dog named Bandit, a cat named Tinker, and a rabbit named Pirate. These pets have been transformed by the US Air Force into computer-enhanced "biorgs," as part of an army of "efficient animal slaves" designed to take the place of...2018, David Herman, Narratology beyond the Human: Storytelling and Animal Life
    • Biorgs are both cyborgs and companion animals, […] Vint's reading of the biorgs' speech underscores how the comic blurs the division between nature and culture as well as between human and non-human animals. The biorgs may not speak exactly like humans, but their speech communicates […] While...2020, Sidney I. Dobrin, EcoComix: Essays on the Environment in Comics and Graphic Novels, McFarland, →ISBN, pages 71–72

Examples of biorg in a sentence

  • These pets have been transformed by the US Air Force into computer-enhanced "biorgs," as part of an army of "efficient animal slaves" designed to take the place of humans […]2018, David Herman, Narratology beyond the Human: Storytelling and Animal Life:
  • The biorgs may not speak exactly like humans, but their speech communicates […] While canine biorgs' speech […]2020, Sidney I. Dobrin, EcoComix: Essays on the Environment in Comics and Graphic Novels, McFarland, →ISBN, pages 71–72:
  • Metaphorically a biorg witch with flowers in her hair, I am presently a doctoral student […]2021, Florence Ashley, "'X' why? Gender Marks and Non-binary Transgender People", in Isabel Cristina Jaramillo Vélez, Laura Carlson...

Forms of biorg

pluralbiorgs

Origin of biorg

Blend of biological + organism(?), modelled on cyborg, which is from cybernetic + organism.

Questions about biorg

What does biorg mean?
Biorg means a non-human animal cyborg.
How do you use biorg in a sentence?
These pets have been transformed by the US Air Force into computer-enhanced "biorgs," as part of an army of "efficient animal slaves" designed to take the place of humans […]
What part of speech is biorg?
Biorg is a noun.
What is the plural of biorg?
The plural of biorg is biorgs.

Words near biorg in the dictionary

  1. bioretention
  2. bioretentions
  3. bioretrosynthesis
  4. bioreversible
  5. biorevitalization
  6. biorg
  7. biorganizational
  8. biorgs
  9. biorheological
  10. biorheologically
  11. biorheologist

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