Definition of "animatronics" []

• The technology employing electronics to animate motorized puppets. (noun)

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• "A folk usage of portmanteau refers to a word that is formed by combining both sounds and meanings from two or more words (e.g. 'animatronics' from 'animation' and 'electronics')."
• "Where people can learn about the American History while they interact with "animatronics" and other objects placed there."
• "Ira Levin's The Stepford Wives is a riff on the "animatronics" of Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean."