"spaceling" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "space",
        "3": "ling"
      },
      "expansion": "space + -ling",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From space + -ling.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spacelings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spaceling (plural spacelings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ling",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Celestial inhabitants",
          "orig": "en:Celestial inhabitants",
          "parents": [
            "Demonyms",
            "Fictional characters",
            "Science fiction",
            "Names",
            "People",
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Human",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Lemmas",
            "Culture",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Demonyms",
          "orig": "en:Demonyms",
          "parents": [
            "Names",
            "People",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007 October 16, Seth Schiesel, “Elves Are Out, Aliens In”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Thanks to the latest graphics technology, almost all of those spacelings will be ready for their close-ups.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A creature from outer space."
      ],
      "id": "en-spaceling-en-noun-ZVzaiL2x",
      "links": [
        [
          "outer space",
          "outer space"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Earthling"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spaceling"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "space",
        "3": "ling"
      },
      "expansion": "space + -ling",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From space + -ling.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spacelings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spaceling (plural spacelings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Earthling"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms suffixed with -ling",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Celestial inhabitants",
        "en:Demonyms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007 October 16, Seth Schiesel, “Elves Are Out, Aliens In”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Thanks to the latest graphics technology, almost all of those spacelings will be ready for their close-ups.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A creature from outer space."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "outer space",
          "outer space"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spaceling"
}