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cargoid

cargoid noun: a member of the cargo crew.

Noun

cargoid (plural cargoids)

  1. (slang, Antarctica) A member of the cargo crew.
    • If a cargoid thinks she might need a big box-end wrench to open the cargo bay or disassemble a large piece of equipment that needs to be removed post-haste from the back of a "Herc" (Hercules transport plane, aka LC-130), she leaves it in the cab of the forklift that she races up to the back of the...2017, Mark Bowen, The Telescope in the Ice

Forms of cargoid

pluralcargoids

Origin of cargoid

From cargo + -oid.

Questions about cargoid

What does cargoid mean?
Cargoid means a member of the cargo crew.
What part of speech is cargoid?
Cargoid is a noun.
What is the plural of cargoid?
The plural of cargoid is cargoids.

Words near cargoid in the dictionary

  1. cargo vessels
  2. cargo-200
  3. cargoe
  4. cargoed
  5. cargoes
  6. cargoid
  7. cargoids
  8. cargoing
  9. cargoism
  10. cargoless
  11. cargoman

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