cargoid

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noun

A member of the cargo crew.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nouncargoid (plural cargoids)

plural cargoids

  1. slangAntarcticaA member of the cargo crew.
    1 more example

    If a cargoid thinks she might need a big box-end wrench to open the cargo bay or disassemble a large piece of equipment that needs to be removed post-haste from the back of a "Herc" (Hercules transport plane, aka LC-130), she leaves it in the cab of the forklift that she races up to the back of the plane with.

    2017, Mark Bowen, The Telescope in the Ice

Origin

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APA

cargoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cargoid

MLA

“cargoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cargoid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cargoid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cargoid.

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