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“saucer”
saucer
This word originally meant "sauceboat", and was borrowed from Old French saussier, which was a derivative of sauce.
The modern application to a "dish for a cup" did not evolve until the 18th century.
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sal-, sali-
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“saucer”
A flying object whose nature is unknown: In his astronomy class, Alfred learned about flying saucers as being a disk-shaped unidentified object, or UFO, or anything considered to have extraterrestrial origins.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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