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boid

Pronunciation: /bɔɪd/

The English word “boid” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A computer simulation of an animal that flies in flocks or swarms.
  2. Any member of the family Boidae of non-venomous snakes.

Etymology

From Boids, an artificial life program developed by Craig Reynolds in 1986; derived from bird and -oid.

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