monoeye

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Etymology

From mono- +‎ eye. The monster girl type sense is possibly a reborrowing from Japanese モノアイ (monoai) or a calque of Japanese 単眼 (tangan).

Noun

monoeye (plural monoeyes)

  1. The eye of a one-eyed creature.
  2. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (chiefly anime and manga) A humanlike monster girl species with a single large eye.
    Synonym: cyclops girl
    • 2022 December 10, Akiko✨ (@Akiko_oc), Twitter‎[1]:
      Tysm Hitomi!! They are both so cute! 😳💖 Why does everyone have a cute monoeye OC~
    • 2022 February 1, Hitomi 👁️🎧 (@HitomiOnpa), Twitter‎[2]:
      It's also the first day of the month, that means it's monoeye day! Cyclops art RT bomb incoming!

Descendants

  • → Japanese: モノアイ (monoai)

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