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flying saucers

flying saucers is the plural of flying saucer.

Meaning of flying saucer

Noun

flying saucer (plural flying saucers)

  1. (informal) A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.
    • Some connect the recent spate of flying saucer sightings with a rumored top-secret military aviation project.
    Synonyms:
    saucercraft
  2. An alien interplanetary vessel, typically disc-shaped and of metallic construction.
  3. A form of confectionery, a small spheroidal capsule of rice paper filled with sherbet.

Questions about flying saucers

What is flying saucers the plural of?
Flying saucers is the plural of flying saucer.

Words near flying saucers in the dictionary

  1. flying rowan
  2. flying rowans
  3. flying saucer
  4. flying saucer group
  5. flying saucer groups
  6. flying saucers
  7. flying school
  8. flying schools
  9. flying shit
  10. flying shits
  11. flying shot

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