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1. (n.) Pluto
the planet ninth in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of about 1400 mi. (2250 km), a mean distance from the sun of 3.674 billion mi. (5.914 billion km), a period of revolution of 248.53 years, and one known moon.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Pluto
a cartoon character created by Walt Disney
2. (noun) Pluto, Hades, Aides, Aidoneus
(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
3. (noun) Pluto
a small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun; it has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets
"Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pluto
the son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. pluto
god of the nether world, son of Kronos and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon, and husband of Persephone; on the dethronement of Kronos the universe was divided among themselves by the three brothers, Zeus assuming the dominion of the upper world and Poseidon that of the ocean, leaving the nether kingdom to him, a domain over which and forth of which he ruled with a greater and more undisputed authority than the other two over heaven, earth, and sea.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. pluto
The ninth planet in order from the sun. It is one of the five outer planets of the solar system. Its only natural satellite is Charon.
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