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English
Etymology
From electro- + -vore.
Pronunciation
Noun
electrovore (plural electrovores)
- (science fiction) An organism or entity which feeds on electricity.
1984 November 8, Peter Forbes, “The silicon solution”, in New Scientist:In Cosmos, Carl Sagan speculates on the existence of extraterrestrial civilisations, which he characterises pretentiously by means of hypothetical summaries such as: "cryogen supercooled electrovores with neutron crystal dense packing and modular starminers ..."
1998 October 30, Rollin Thomas, “New Borg Graduate Student.”, in talk.bizarre (Usenet):! WE DO NOT CONSUME EARTH FOOD. WE ARE ELECTROVORES. IF YOU
! HAVE A SURGE PROTECTOR WE WOULD BE MOST OBLIGED.
2013, Ian Douglas, Deep Space: Star Carrier, HarperCollins, →ISBN:There were, Gregory knew, AIs residing within implants in dolphin brains now designed to bridge the linguistic barriers between the species, but those translations had only proven that dolphin brains were as alien to humans as the group minds of the abyssal electrovores inhabiting the under-ice ocean of Enceladus.
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