robocat

English

Etymology

robo- +‎ cat

Noun

robocat (plural robocats)

1. A robot resembling a cat.
   • 1996, Andrew Pessin, Sanford Goldberg, The Twin Earth Chronicles, page 109:

     Imagine that instead of robocats there are immobile spies with a mechanical hypnosis device. When we think we see cats chasing mice, howling on roof tops, we are hallucinating.

   • 2001, Carl Elliott, Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers, page 86:

     Thus, if I normally judge that something is a cat and therefore an animal on the basis of it being a warm, furry, purry creature that looks like a cat, then I will go seriously wrong in a world where robocats who are also warm, furry, and purry abound.

   • 2008, Sigrid Kelsey, Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication:

     Since then thousands of robodogs, robocats and other roboanimals have been sold not only in Japan but also in Europe and the USA.

Anagrams

• Brocato, car boot