mechanoid

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mechanoid

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From mechano- + -oid.

noun mechanoids

A robot that is designed to look and act like a human. Originally he'd entered the Game to rescue the others. He was a sanitation Mechanoid, programmed to clean, and, in theory, should have been immune to the Game's lure. But he wasn't.
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@misc{mechanoid_2026,
  title = {mechanoid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mechanoid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}