monoeye

English

Alternative forms

• mono-eye

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)

Translations

type of monster girl

• Chinese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: yksisilmäinen (fi)
• Japanese: 単眼 (ja) (tangan)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can