flying saucer

Definitions

1. A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.
   informal
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.

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Examples

“Some connect⟳ the recent spate of flying saucer sightings with a rumored top-secret military aviation project.”

“An engram is NOT [...] One of the little green men Americans claim⟳ have⟳ crashed in flying saucers.”

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