Boid
/bɔɪd/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
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.
- 3 Nonstandard spelling of bird, representing the traditional New York City pronunciation. alt-of, nonstandard
Etymology
From Boids, an artificial life program developed by Craig Reynolds in 1986; derived from bird and -oid.