rover.

1. A vehicle designed to travel across a surface, especially during planetary exploration.

2. A person who wanders or travels rather than remaining in one place.

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Words that belong together

• planetary rover
• robotic rover

On the page

The rover paused at the edge of a shallow crater.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular rover; plural rovers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, technology. Commonness: moderately common.