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roboid

roboid noun: a robotic creature.

Noun

roboid (plural roboids)

  1. A robotic creature.
    • A roboid waiter, human-like but running on hidden casters, paused with a tray of drinks.1974, Michael Moorcock, The shores of death
    • The terrifying thing about all of this is that we now have a distinct possibility that a hive of aliens with their attendant purely biomechanical roboids the Greys, from another part of our universe, are intercepting and intervening in the affairs of our species.1998, Nigel Kerner, Song of the Greys

Forms of roboid

pluralroboids

Origin of roboid

From robo- + -oid.

Questions about roboid

What does roboid mean?
Roboid means a robotic creature.
What part of speech is roboid?
Roboid is a noun.
What is the plural of roboid?
The plural of roboid is roboids.

Words near roboid in the dictionary

  1. Robogate
  2. robogun
  3. roboguns
  4. robohead
  5. roboheads
  6. roboid
  7. roboids
  8. Robola
  9. robolawyer
  10. robolawyers
  11. robolution

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