Sensifrons

noun
A variety of shrub native to Belzagor, able to detect nearby motion and withdraw its leaves as a defence against predators.
Source
Downward To The Earth

Autodarwinate

verb
To commit evolutionary self-deselection (suicide).
Origin
Charles Darwin; evolution of species by natural selection.
Source
Accelerando

Revent

verb
The act of transferring the extracted mind-state of a dead person into a fresh body.
Origin
Derived from rĕ- (again) and veniō (“I come”).
Source
Surface Detail

Leptosoul

noun
The essence of a person’s phylogenetic tradition.
Origin
Leptós (thin).
Source
The Godwhale

Sensawunda

noun informal
A street drug that stimulates rapid cognition, having novotrophin-B and MDMA as ingredients.
Origin
Phonetic transcription of “sense-a-wonder”.
Source
Accelerando

Andromorph

noun
A working animal genetically engineered to attain human likeness.
Origin
Andrós (“of man”) in combination with morphḗ (shape).
Source
Emphyrio

Biot

noun
A biomechatronic robot.
Origin
Portmanteau of ‘biological’ and ‘robot’.
Source
Rendezvous With Rama

Polythera

noun
A sentient oceanic life form covering the surface of the planet Solaris.
Origin
Polús (many), possibly in combination with thera (“of her”).
Source
Solaris

Vibrocalyx

noun
The vibrating outermost flower part of a choro-flora, a plant that uses sonic stimulation to attract pollinating creatures.
Source
Prima Belladonna

Vodsel

noun
A member of the species Homo sapiens.
Source
Under The Skin

Robot

noun
An artificial person, assembled from biological components.
Origin
Robota, serf labour.
Source
Rossum’s Universal Robots

Sexoid

noun
An android designed to serve as a sexual device.
Source
Innocence