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electrovores

electrovores is the plural of electrovore.

Meaning of electrovore

Noun

electrovore (plural electrovores)

  1. An organism or entity which feeds on electricity.
    • In Cosmos, Carl Sagan speculates on the existence of extraterrestrial civilisations, which he characterises pretentiously by means of hypothetical summaries such as: "cryogen supercooled electrovores with neutron crystal dense packing and modular starminers ..."1984 November 8, Peter Forbes, “The silicon solution”, in New Scientist

Questions about electrovores

What is electrovores the plural of?
Electrovores is the plural of electrovore.

Words near electrovores in the dictionary

  1. electrovibrations
  2. electroviscosity
  3. electroviscous
  4. electrovital
  5. electrovore
  6. electrovores
  7. electrowave
  8. electroweak
  9. electroweak interaction
  10. electroweakino
  11. electroweakinos

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