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robo-animal en · NOUN

Etymology

From robo- + animal.

Meanings

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 Press, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, section 6, page 19, column 2:
   • 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:
   • > Yo: one question. What the heck is Rhinox anyway? a tank or a > snowmobile Neither. A robotic rhino with treads, the way that all the other Transmetals are more robo-animals with vehicular features than actual vehicles (rat with wheels, cat with wings, etc.) 1998 January 9, Robotech_Master, “Tm Rhinox”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025:

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