"crop circle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crop circles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crop circle (plural crop circles)
  1. An area in a field of crops where the stalks have been flattened into a circle or other geometric shape, performed as a prank or sometimes ascribed to UFO activity etc. Wikipedia link: crop circle Categories (topical): Ufology Synonyms: corn circle Related terms: cereology, cerealogy Translations (field of flattened crops): 作物怪圈 (zuòwù guàiquān) (Chinese Mandarin), 麥田怪圈 (Chinese Mandarin), 麦田怪圈 (màitián guàiquān) (Chinese Mandarin), 麥田圈 (Chinese Mandarin), 麦田圈 (màitiánquān) (Chinese Mandarin), viljaympyrä (Finnish), agroglyphe [masculine] (French), Kornkreis [masculine] (German), αγρογλυφικά (agroglyfiká) [feminine] (Greek), akurhringir [masculine, plural] (Icelandic), fáinne arbhair [masculine] (Irish), cerchio nel grano [masculine] (Italian)

Inflected forms

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