robocat
nounEtymology From robo- + cat.
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A robot resembling a cat.
- Imagine that instead of robocats there are immobile spies with a mechanical hypnosis device. When we think we see cats chasing mice, howling on roof tops, we are hallucinating.1996, Andrew Pessin, Sanford Goldberg, The Twin Earth Chronicles, page 109:
- Thus, if I normally judge that something is a cat and therefore an animal on the basis of it being a warm, furry, purry creature that looks like a cat, then I will go seriously wrong in a world where robocats who are also warm, furry, and purry abound.2001, Carl Elliott, Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers, page 86:
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- Since then thousands of robodogs, robocats and other roboanimals have been sold not only in Japan but also in Europe and the USA.2008, Sigrid Kelsey, Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication: