Definition of "mechanoid" []

• A robot that is designed to look and act like a human. (noun)

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• "Allie Sandoval helped build the Betabot, a swimming "mechanoid" thatshows its emotions when prodded or shaken."
• "When they awoke from their Phillip Fry naps, they found themselves to be ten men, one woman, and one mechanoid with a Philco for a face out of time, with nary a Michael J. Fox in sight."
• "The crew receive a distress call from the Nova 5, which has crashed on a nearby moon leaving only three injured female crewmembers and their service mechanoid, Kryten."