xenobot

English

Etymology

Blend of translingual Xenopus +‎ robot. From being constructed out of cells of Xenopus embyros. May be decomposed as xeno- +‎ -bot, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “strange”), by the roots of Xenopous, and its status of being unlike standard robots.

Noun

xenobot (plural xenobots)

  1. (biology, robotics, artificial life) An artificial construct built from the cells extracted from Xenopus embryos, which is built to move, consume, and build piles.

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