BOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bot mean? 

• BOT (noun)
  The noun BOT has 1 sense:

1. botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human

  Familiarity information: BOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bot" is a kind of...):

larva (the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose)

 Context examples 

In a new study, the researchers reveal a new generation of two-tailed bots powered by skeletal muscle tissue stimulated by on-board motor neurons.

(Researchers build microscopic biohybrid robots propelled by muscles, nerves, National Science Foundation)

"That generation of singled-tailed bots used cardiac tissue that beats on its own, but they could not sense the environment nor make any decisions."

(Researchers build microscopic biohybrid robots propelled by muscles, nerves, National Science Foundation)

"Our first study successfully demonstrated that the bots, modeled after sperm cells, could in fact swim," Saif said.

(Researchers build microscopic biohybrid robots propelled by muscles, nerves, National Science Foundation)