roboid
nounEtymology From robo- + -oid.
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Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction 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:
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- It is their challenge, with the help of Tania, a roboid, to adapt the siblings to their new environment.2009, Arnold J. Inzko, The Siblings' Legacy: