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roboid - What does it mean?

Definition of 'roboid'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (science fiction) A robotic creature.
  • * 1974 , Michael Moorcock, The shores of death
  • A roboid waiter, human-like but running on hidden casters, paused with a tray of drinks.
  • * 1998 , Nigel Kerner, Song of the Greys
  • 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.
  • * 2009 , Arnold J. Inzko, The Siblings' Legacy
  • It is their challenge, with the help of Tania, a roboid , to adapt the siblings to their new environment.