biomechanoid

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ mechanoid

Noun

biomechanoid (plural biomechanoids)

1. (science fiction) A robot in the form of an animal.
   • 2015 September 23, Ben Child, “Ridley Scott plans three more Prometheus films before Alien”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     I always thought that that original ship, which I call the Croissant, was a battleship, holding these biomechanoid creatures that were all about destruction.