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bug-eyed monsters

bug-eyed monsters is the plural of bug-eyed monster.

Meaning of bug-eyed monster

Noun

bug-eyed monster (plural bug-eyed monsters)

  1. (derogatory) An extraterrestrial.
    • Speaking of The SPWSSTFM, the cover inspired me to organize the SFTPOBEMOTCOSFP. (Society For The Prevention Of Bug-Eyed Monsters On The Covers Of Science-Fiction Publications.)1939 August, Martin Alger, “The Reader Speaks”, in Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 14, number 1, New York: Better Publications, 'The SFTPOBEMOTCOSFP', page 121
    Synonyms:
    BEM

Questions about bug-eyed monsters

What is bug-eyed monsters the plural of?
Bug-eyed monsters is the plural of bug-eyed monster.

Words near bug-eyed monsters in the dictionary

  1. bug-chaser
  2. bug-chasers
  3. bug-chasing
  4. bug-eyed
  5. bug-eyed monster
  6. bug-eyed monsters
  7. bug-fix
  8. bug-fixes
  9. bug-free
  10. bug-house
  11. bug-hunter

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