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robo-animal

robo-animal noun: a robotic animal.

Noun

robo-animal (plural robo-animals)

  1. A robotic animal.
    • We can build robo-animals to dispose of any pest. For that matter we can build robo-animals to accomplish constructive purposes within the pattern of the ecology.1974 May, Isaac Asimov, “—That Thou Art Mindful of Him!”, in Edward L[ewis] Ferman, editor, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, volume 46, number 5 (276 overall), Cornwall, Conn.: Mercury...
    • The research base has, exactly as you describe, a recreation area. It'll be heated, have an area of vegitation (probably better than you can find topside throughout most of the developed near-future world), several pseudo- or robo-animals and a complete set of activity spaces.1996 April 27, Britt, “[CP2020] Secret Bases”, in rec.games.frp.cyber (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025

Forms of robo-animal

pluralrobo-animals
alternative formroboanimal

Origin of robo-animal

From robo- + animal.

Questions about robo-animal

What does robo-animal mean?
Robo-animal means a robotic animal.
What part of speech is robo-animal?
Robo-animal is a noun.
What is the plural of robo-animal?
The plural of robo-animal is robo-animals.

Words near robo-animal in the dictionary

  1. robo-
  2. robo-adviser
  3. robo-advisers
  4. robo-advisor
  5. robo-advisors
  6. robo-animal
  7. robo-animals
  8. robo-call
  9. robo-car
  10. robo-debt
  11. robo-mining

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