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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Ceres
a Roman goddess of agriculture, identified with the Greek goddess Demeter.

2. Ceres
an asteroid, the first to be discovered, being the largest and one of the brightest.

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Ceres
(Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter

2. (noun) Ceres
the largest asteroid and the first discovered

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) ceres
the daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage

2. (noun) ceres
the first discovered asteroid

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. ceres
the Latin name for Demeter (q. v.); also the name of one of the asteroids, the first discovered, by Piazzi, in 1801.

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