"Famiclone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Famiclones [plural]
Etymology: Blend of Famicom + clone. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Famicom|clone}} Blend of Famicom + clone Head templates: {{en-noun}} Famiclone (plural Famiclones)
  1. (informal, video games) Any electronic hardware designed to replicate the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Nintendo, Video games
    Sense id: en-Famiclone-en-noun-bqVYtOsh Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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