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Meaning of electrovore | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/ɪˈlɛktɹəvɔː(ɹ)/

Definitions

An organism or entity which feeds on electricity.

Examples

“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 ..."”
“! WE DO NOT CONSUME EARTH FOOD. WE ARE ELECTROVORES. IF YOU ! HAVE A SURGE PROTECTOR WE WOULD BE MOST OBLIGED.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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