Meanings
- humorousA notional space monster invoked to explain the high failure rate of probes sent to Mars.
Considering the billions of dollars worth of spacecraft that the Great Galactic Ghoul has eaten in the past, the UK’s Beagle 2, at about $70 million, must have seemed like an insignificant little morsel—like eating a couple of grapes, when one really wants to have a T-bone steak.
2004 September 27, Taylor Dinerman, “Is the Great Galactic Ghoul losing his appetite?”, in The Space ReviewSynonyms: Galactic Ghoul
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA notional space monster invoked to explain the high failure rate of probes sent to Mars.
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Great Galactic Ghoul. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Galactic%20Ghoul
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