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Noun: flying saucer  'flI-ing'so-su(r)
  1. An (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
    "The witnesses reported seeing a flying saucer hovering over the desert";
    - unidentified flying object, UFO

Derived forms: flying saucers

Type of: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow

Encyclopedia: Flying saucer